Shadow in the Dark (Book 1)

By Antony B. Kolenc

Description:

2021 Illumination Book Awards, Gold Medal: Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction
2021 International Book Award, Gold: Religious
2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Gold: YA Fiction - Horror/Mystery/Suspense
2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), Bronze: Religious Fiction
2021 CMA Book Awards, 3rd Place: Escapism
2021 ACP Excellence in Publishing Award, 3d Place: Young Readers

An attack by bandits in the middle of the night leaves a young boy with no memory of who he is or where he is from. Nursed back to health by the devoted monks in a Benedictine abbey, he takes the name Alexander, or Xan for short. Aided by the kindly Brother Andrew, Xan commits himself to finding out who he really is.

Does he have a family? Are they still alive?

And who—or what—is the shadowy figure creeping around the abbey in the dead of night?

Book Takeaway:

God brings good out of the bad events in our lives.

Awards:

Why the author wrote this book:

To offer youth suspenseful, spooky, action-packed mysteries that also teach strong family and spiritual values.