A brand-new middle grade allegorical fantasy trilogy from USA TODAY bestselling author Emily Bain Murphy
“An exciting beginning to an epic adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews
Book 1: A Kingdom of Shadows
Full of adventure and imagination, twelve-year-old orphan Finn and his friends follow a mysterious older boy named Ehrit on a journey through a land full of beauty and peril in search of light, as their kingdom becomes shrouded in darkness.
Book 2: Of Gardens and Graves
After returning from the Lake of Light, a new quest sends the Lightseekers in search of magical seeds that could save Wildfel. Finn and Lydia hope it will also lead them to their mother—but the journey may cost Finn more than he is willing to lose.
Meet the Author
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Emily Bain Murphy
Emily Bain Murphy
Emily Bain Murphy is the USA TODAY bestselling author of two historical mysteries for adults, The Ivory City and Enchanted Hill. She is also the author of two young adult fantasies: The Disappearances, which was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, an ALAN Pick, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones’ Children’s Book Prize; and Splinters of Scarlet, which received multiple starred reviews and was nominated for the Mark Twain Readers Award. A Kingdom of Shadows is Emily’s middle grade debut.
