February 26, 2009
Shadowmagic – by John Lenahan
Header showing the Shadowmagic artwork
“Hi, my name is Conor. Other than my father being a bit of an eccentric lunatic, my life was pretty normal until I got attacked in my living room and whisked away to Tir na Nog, the mystical land of the ancient Celts, where it turns out Dad is the usurped heir to the throne and everybody wants me dead because of some prophecy. Don’t you just hate when that happens?”
… from the books homepage www.shadowmagic.co.uk
The special edition hardcover
The new paperback edition cover
I first heard of this book from The Mythshow Podcast, with Gregory Lemon, and listened to it as the podcast that it originally was. It was and is available from podiobooks and is now available in Special Edition, numbered (There’s only 1000), Hardback, and comes out next week in a slightly more colourful Paperback edition. You can get both from amazon, and bookdepository.co.uk
This book is a lot of fun to listen to, and I’m glad that Harper Collins and The Friday Project have published it. John Lenahan is a TV Magician and was the voice of the toaster in Red Dwarf, he has a blog right here on WordPress, and from what I remember of the last episode of the podcast, the story was originally written for his son, as a bedtime story!!!
- Author: John Lenahan
- Publisher: The Friday Project Limited; Special limited ed edition
- ISBN-13: 978-1905548897
- Publisher: The Friday Project Limited (5 Mar 2009)
- ISBN-13: 978-1905548927
If you like fantasy, and are looking for something light to read/listen to, then this is the story you’re after. It’s aimed at young teenagers, but is suitable for all, and I mean ALL, ages.
I am just hoping that the success of this story inspires John to write more. We’re all looking forward to reading it.
