Darkwing
core novel 2007 Silverwing
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (5,504 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780002007443 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Set as the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, sixty-five million years before the events of Silverwing, Darkwing is the prequel to Kenneth Oppel's bat trilogy, written last but first in the series' chronology, and it can be read as a stand-alone. Known in the United Kingdom as Dusk, it was first published in August 2007 by HarperCollins in Canada and by Eos in the United States, was included in VOYA's lists of the best books of 2007 and won the Ruth Schwartz Award for children's literature.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silverwing
- Series: Silverwing core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kenneth Oppel
Awards (verified)
- Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award, 2008: won; Year from the CBC report cited by the book's encyclopedic entry; to be confirmed.
- TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2008: finalist
Notes
- Published in the United Kingdom as Dusk; a prequel set sixty-five million years before Silverwing.
- From the series record (Silverwing): Kenneth Oppel's bat trilogy and its prehistoric prequel.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Silverwing: position 4 of 4: previous Firewing (2002)
Sources
← Silverwing dossier · All universes
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