The Shadow Crosser

core novel 2020 The Storm Runner

Record

First published	2020
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.37 (3,162 ratings, collected 2026-10-29)
First-edition ISBN	9781368052771
Internal chronology	3

Synopsis

Zane Obispo has been looking forward to his training at the Shaman Institute for Higher Order Magic, not least because it means seeing his best friend Brooks again. But when he tracks down the last of the godborn kids on his list, he finds that the one he was looking for is actually a pair of twins, trying to keep a mysterious object out of the wrong hands. After a shocking betrayal, Zane arrives at the institute sooner than expected, only to learn that the Maya gods have gone missing: the bat god Camazotz and Ixkik’, known as Blood Moon, have taken them out of action, and the godborns are next. The final book of the trilogy sends Zane and his friends on their most dangerous mission yet, one that involves travelling more than thirty years into the past and could, with a single mistake, change history.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Storm Runner
• Series: The Storm Runner core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: J.C. Cervantes

Notes

• From the series record (The Storm Runner): Trilogy, Rick Riordan Presents, 2018 to 2020.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within the series The Storm Runner: position 3 of 3: previous The Fire Keeper (2019)
• Internal chronology, within The Storm Runner: position 5 of 5: previous Dawn of the Jaguar (2023)

Sources

• Wikipedia: The Storm Runner
• Books & Books: The Shadow Crosser (author note)
• Amazon: The Shadow Crosser (publisher description)
• J.C. Cervantes official site: middle-grade books

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