The Shadow Within
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Legends of the Guardian King, book 2, from the award-winning leader of Arena. Karen Hancock brings to imaginative life the supernatural battle between excellent and evil, the preconceptions that keep us from embracing truth, and the distortions that trick and trap us. Four years have passed since the conclusion of The Light of Eidon. Abramm has been living quietly abroad, but when he hears of distress in his homeland, he returns to aver the crown he thought he’d never wear. But he has many enemies, including his murderous brother. The only thing that will save him is the Light that lives within him, but to appease his critics, he hides this. Before he can fulfill his kingship, he must reveal the truth and be reminded, painfully and powerfully, that his destiny can only be realized through humbly acknowledging his own weakness and the utter capability of the One who made his destiny in the first place.
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Just adding my 5 stars to the average. Loved this series more than Lord of the Rings, and at least as much as Dune and Ender’s Game. Karen Hancock is now at the very top of my list.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Karen Hancock’s Christian fantasy fiction series “Legends of the Guardian-King” continues in the second installment, The Shadow Within. This book picks four years after the end of The Light of Eidon. Abramm Kalladorne, having defeated the Esuhrite king Beltha’adi, has spent that time living among the Dorsaddi. TSW opens with Abramm returning home to Kiriath, where a sea monster is attacking ships in Kalladorne Bay, bringing Kiriathan commerce to a standstill.
Abramm’s younger brother, Gillard has ruled as prince-regent over the last four years following the death of their older brother, King Raynen. But Gillard has done nothing about the problem of the kraggin attacking the ships off the coast of Kiriath. After killing the creature, Abramm approaches Kiriath’s Table of Lords to seek his rightful place as king. Esuhr’s Armies of the Black Moon are on the go, and as king, Abramm hopes to prepare Kiriath to repel the coming invaders. The Table grants his request, setting the stage for a series of assassination attempts orchestrated by Gillard.
The new king also must deal with his ex- brethern in the Mataian priesthood who aver that Abramm is still one of them, and declare him their “Guardian-King.” Master Rhiad, a Mataian priest gone rogue, plots to humiliate and ruin Abramm. Meanwhile, Abramm’s twin sister Carissa is hiding far north in the border territories, alienated from both her spouse, the earl of Balmark, and her brother. Carissa still harbors a lot of hatred four years after Abramm became a Terstan. But is it Abramm she despises, or Eidon himself? A honestly large part of the book focuses on Carissa’s own spiritual journey.
The use of the term “Shadow” in this series takes on multiple meanings. It’s one of the names used for Moroq, the Satan figure in Hancock’s world. It can also be used in reference to the collective body of rhu’ema (demons) Moroq sends to attack Eidon’s people. But the use establish in the title of this book refers to the sinful scenery of the flesh. Much of the tale is devoted to Abramm’s personal struggle against his own inner Shadow while learning to rely on Eidon’s might as a replacement for of his own.
Hancock also introduces some new characters: Evritt Kesrin, head of a local shipping company and a kohal (Terstan term for “pastor”); Simon Kalladorne, Duke of Waverlan, and Abramm’s atheist uncle; Haldon, Abramm’s royal chamberlain and a Terstan. And then there’s Lady Madeleine, Second Daughter of the king of Chesedh, Kiriath’s eastern national. Returning from the previous book is Trap Meridon, ex- captain of the Kiriathan Royal Guard, now a sworn liegeman to King Abramm.
The Shadow Within is a strong sequel to The Light of Eidon, as Hancock continues to take us along on Abramm Kalladorne’s spritual journey with Eidon, and she does a fascinating job of further developing her characters in this installment. This is an brilliant book for fans of inspirational fiction, as well as fantasy fiction.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Sometimes the Christian life is overwhelming. There are battles on so many fronts, and no guarantees that things are going to turn out the way you desire. God is there and God is excellent, but it is so simple to forget. Whenever we forget, our focus is off and then we can never be sure whether we got ourselves into a mess or if God was going to bring us here even if we had done everything right. The temptation to accept being overwhelmed is itself a temptation. We can’t escape temptation, because there’s part of us that wars against the Spirit, that longs to sin: to be mad or stubbornly independent, to seek revenge or to be worried, to doubt God’s goodness and look at how terrible everything seems to be.
For Abramm Kalladorne, heir to the throne of Kiriath, things are pretty terrible. In The Shadow Within, the Shadow forces are throwing everything they’ve got at him, using small threats that would only cost hundreds of lives to distract him from the larger picture that could take in thousands of Kiriathan souls in Shadow and allow the Shadow to continue its advance across the world unchecked. Not only does Abramm have more than enough to handle trying to win the confidence of his people in order to keep the crown and defend his people against amassing enemies; his most treacherous enemy is himself. Each time he gives in to doubt or egocentricity or pride, he is weakened in his spiritual war against the Shadowspawn and the human devotees of the Shadow.
But Abramm is not lacking help. Though she resents it, his sister Cassandra makes a terrible journey to warn him about the monster she discovers. His faithful friend Trap both serves and defends Abramm. Several fellow Terstans join Abramm in the spiritual side of his fight, including the strong-willed and discerning second princess of Chesedh, Lady Madeleine. To his surprise Abramm also encounters favor from several of his noblemen, who become his political allies. But ultimately Abramm must learn that though God has blessed him with friends and military prowess, he desperately needs God: not only for the first step, but for every stroke afterward. God is sufficient even if He’s all Abramm has. So Abramm must be willing to surrender everything else God has agreed if he is going to experience the extensiveness of God’s power and plot for him.
Things in The Shadow Within are not permanently what Abramm Kalladorne, King of Kiriath, expects. They are both simpler and more strenuous, less lonely and more personal, richer and more costly. So it is with we who are sold out to the Lord of the Universe, Lord of Light, whose purposes go far beyond our lives, but significant or supplementary.
To God be all glory,
Lisa of Longbourn
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Karen Hancock has nonstop her brilliant “Legends of the Guardian-King” series with this 2nd book in the series. Her characters are fully formed. They have real problems, real joys, real misgivings about why things take place. Through out the book we see the main character dealing with the “how” and “why” questions about the events in his life. Is God there? Does He really care? Is life just a having no effect journey to death? Ms. Hancock handles all of these questions in a manner that will give encouragement and new hope to persons who experience similar issues in our ‘real’ world. Each book is a treasure, so open one and become wealthy!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Overall, this book is MUCH better then the first in the series. The Leader still has a tendancy to make me speed read through long winded descriptions but most of the time the tale held my interest. I really ongoing to like the chara’s more in this tale.
A new female chara is both excellent and terrible. Madeleine is not a perfect Goddess but described as unadorned a number of times. PLAIN. I reflect God is proud of that. I have yet to read a novel (faith based or otherwise) where the main female chara is NOT descibed as gorgeous. Although we do stray into stereotypical waters…I half expected a new girl to show up in this book or the next that might win Abramms heart. It seemed very Brother/sister to me. No actual chemistry was described until the last second, being rather predictable. I reflect I am just high maintence though, when it comes to like in tales. *sweatdrop*
The only additional drawback is the ending. It feels as though it should have lasted longer.
Additional qualities make up for the faults momentously. I was nervous through most of the the book to find out how Gillard would react to his return, along with every one else. After that, its the ball that makes you nervous, and then the monster, ect. We dont really get any relaxing time which is nice. It kept me reading!
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5