Jack Staples and the City of Shadows

Mark Batterson, Joel N. Clark

• Publisher: David C Cook
• eBook ISBN:
  9780830776498
• Year: 2018

After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it? The Assassin is closing in. Just as Jack and his friend Alexia discover what it means to be the Chosen Ones, they each face the test of a lifetime. For Jack it is a question of trust; for Alexia, of loyalty. Everything rests on their making the right choices, and on the completion of their missions. The Assassin expects they will fail, and that they will either join him or be destroyed. It will take all of the Author's forces, the special gifts Jack and Alexia each have, and the help of their friends, Arthur and Mrs. Dumphrey, to overcome. But when the enemy makes a key move, and an important quest proves difficult, the prophecy—that they will both destroy and save the world—seems further from coming true than ever before.

Table of contents

• Chapter 1. THE LIGHTNING DANCER
• Chapter 2. THE MYZERAHL’S SONG
• Chapter 3. WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
• Chapter 4. THE MONSTER IN THE COURTYARD
• Chapter 5. A SHABBY PEN
• Chapter 6. THE GANG OF TERROR
• Chapter 7. ONE MOUSE AND ONE HUNDRED MONSTER CATS
• Chapter 8. HELLO, FATHER
• Chapter 9. THROUGH THE PORTAL
• Chapter 10. THALTOROSE
• Chapter 11. UPSIDE DOWN
• Chapter 12. A CHILD NO LONGER
• Chapter 13. THE GANG OF ROGUES
• Chapter 14. THE GUARDIANS’ RIDDLE
• Chapter 15. The Great Pilferage
• Chapter 16. A MOMENT WITH TIME
• Chapter 17. THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
• Chapter 18. BIRTH OF THE SHADOWFOG
• Chapter 19. A DIMMING LIGHT
• Chapter 20. WHEN EYES ARE OPENED
• Chapter 21. A DECISION MADE
• Chapter 22. THE CHILD BOWS
• Chapter 23. A MOUNTAIN OF DARKNESS
• Chapter 24. A TIMELY BATTLE
• Chapter 25. TO LOSE A BATTLE
• Chapter 26. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR