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When a peasant boy's medieval village is assailed by bandits, his parents are killed and his memory lost. Nursed to health at a nearby Benedictine abbey, the boy is befriended by a young monk and given the name "Xan." When the bandits raid the monastery, Xan must discover the common thread behind these seemingly unrelated attacks. Are they related to the shadowy figure he has seen at night lurking on the abbey grounds? As the mystery unfolds, a monk is accused of conspiring with a wealthy landlord to absorb the abbey's lands into his manor. But is the monk being set up? Shadow in the Dark plunges middle-school readers into the intriguing world of medieval England and monastic life. Well-researched and historically accurate, this exciting work combines action, mystery, and suspense with the themes of forgiveness and courage. Book One in The Chronicles of Xan seriesBarone, Antony is the author of 'Shadow in the Dark', published 2007 under ISBN 9781602900424 and ISBN 1602900426.
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