The Shadow Thieves
core novel 2006 The Cronus Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.78 (6,418 ratings, collected 2026-09-10) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781416905875 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Shadow Thieves, published in 2006, is the first book in the middle-grade Cronus Chronicles series inspired by Greek mythology, introducing ordinary American cousins Charlotte Mielswetzski and Zachary Miller, whose dull suburban lives are upended when Zee arrives from England trailing a strange, invisible malaise no doctor can diagnose. As more and more of their classmates begin falling under the same mysterious illness, Charlotte and Zee discover that the true cause lies far outside ordinary medicine, tracing back to the classical Underworld and the schemes of Philonecron, an ambitious, exiled figure with designs on Hades's throne. Venturing reluctantly into the realm of the dead to save their afflicted classmates, the two cousins encounter Hades, Persephone, and other larger-than-life figures from myth, armed with little more than wit, stubbornness, and each other.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Cronus Chronicles
- Series: The Cronus Chronicles core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne Ursu
Notes
- From the series record (The Cronus Chronicles): A closed 3-book trilogy with no companion works.
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 The Cronus Chronicles: position 1 of 3: next The Siren Song (2007)
Sources
- Anne Ursu official author site, Cronus Chronicles page
- https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781665969727
- Wikipedia: Anne Ursu
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