The Shattering
core novel 2004 Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (10,659 ratings, collected 2026-10-27) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439405614 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Eglantine begins dreaming that their dead mother is alive and nesting in the Beaks, and a new friend, a former Pure One, encourages her secret visits there. As Soren and Otulissa study what flecks can do to an owl's mind, the band realise that Eglantine is being deliberately broken and lured into a trap, and the Guardians race to save her and her friend Primrose.
Where it sits
- Universe: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
- Series: Guardians of Ga'Hoole core; position 5 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kathryn Lasky
Notes
- From the series record (Guardians of Ga'Hoole): Sixteen novels of Soren, Coryn and the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, 2003-2013.
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 Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 5 of 16: previous The Siege (2004) · next The Burning (2004)
- Internal chronology, within Guardians of Ga'Hoole: position 15 of 28: previous Frost Wolf (2011) · next Spirit Wolf (2012)
Sources
← Guardians of Ga'Hoole dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.