Cover of The Way of Shadows

The Way of Shadows

core novel 2008 Night Angel Trilogy

Record

First published2008
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.15 (164,877 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count645
First-edition ISBN9780316033671
Internal chronology1

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Compton Crook Award (Best First Novel), 2009: nominated
  • David Gemmell Legend Award, 2009: nominated

Notes

  • From the series record (Night Angel Trilogy): Brent Weeks's debut trilogy, all three books published in 2008.

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 Night Angel Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Shadow's Edge (2008)

Sources

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