This book follows Connor a young boy who had his shadow stolen from him. Conner had three days to venture into the Shadowlands and get it back or will he lose himself forever. Unfortunately, the Shadowlands is a treacherous place-a disintegrating world run on deceit and betrayal, populated by monsters more terrifying than anything Connor's imagination could conjure. It is a place of hunger and discomfort where even the sun is little more than a dying coal in the sky and ash falls like snow over petrified forests. However, even as his struggles grow more desperate, Connor also learns there is good in the Shadowlands, friends who will help him, fathers desperate to save their sons, creatures who might be kinder than they look.

The writing is whimsical and I love the character development throughout the story with Connor.