Living Shadows
core novel 2012 Reckless
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  DE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.19 (8,656 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 404 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781782691259 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Living Shadows, the second Reckless novel, finds Jacob Reckless facing his own impending death from a fairy's curse laid on him in the previous book, and undertaking what may be his final journey into the Mirrorworld in search of a way to survive it. He learns of a legendary crossbow said to hold extraordinary power, capable of killing thousands or, if fired through the heart, healing a single person completely, and sets out to claim it as his last hope. Jacob is not the only one after the weapon: Nerron, a ruthless Goyl treasure hunter known as the Bastard, is a determined rival, and Jacob must also convince Fox, his shape-shifting companion from his earlier adventures, to help him secure the crossbow before his time runs out.
Where it sits
- Universe: Reckless
- Series: Mirrorworld core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Cornelia Funke
Notes
- From the series record (Mirrorworld): A dark, fairy-tale-inflected saga about two brothers who can cross into a grim mirror-world of living fairy tales; a planned fifth volume has not yet been published. First published in German (Cecilie Dressler Verlag) as Steinernes Fleisch (2010); the English translation followed the same year.
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 Mirrorworld: position 2 of 4: previous Reckless: The Petrified Flesh (2010) · next The Golden Yarn (2015)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MirrorWorld
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless._Steinernes_Fleisch
- https://corneliafunke.com/en/books/reckless-2-living-shadows/
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