One boy, a wolf, and a perilous journey: a fantasy that weaves the fabric of well-loved stories into an epic adventure. Long ago, Malabron the Night King tried to turn all stories into one, his story, a nightmare of absolute power. But when Will, a rebellious teenager, stumbles from the present into the realm where stories come from, he is caught up in Malabron's evil designs. Aided by some of the story folk including the feisty Rowen, her grandfather Pendrake (a loremaster) and Shade, the laconic but loyal wolf, Will must combat a host of perils, if he is ever to find the gateless gate that will take him home. The author is an award-winning writer of adult literary fantasy, whose work has been translated into several languages. "The Shadow of Malabron" is the first in "The Perilous Realms" trilogy. This title offers high fantasy on a grand scale that pays homage to Tolkien in its sweeping invention.

 

This book was published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd .

Thomas Wharton lives in Edmonton, Canada, with this wife and three children. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Alberta. His first novel, Icefields (1995), won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. A collection of short fiction, The Logogryph, won the Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Fiction at the 2005 Alberta Book Awards and was shortlisted for the 2006 IMPAC Dublin Prize. The Shadow of Malabron is the author's first children's book.