A Darker Shadow
In the space between light and dark, one cat must choose which shadow to cast.
A Darker Shadow is a Warriors standalone novel that follows Shadow, a cat of ShadowClan, through a period of personal and clan-wide upheaval. Set within the broader New Power era of the series, the story zooms in on one cat's experience of loyalty, identity, and the weight of leadership as ShadowClan navigates the shifting political landscape of the forest. The book serves as a character-driven companion to the main-line New Power arc, giving readers a deeper look at ShadowClan's internal dynamics and the pressures that shape Shadow's path toward becoming Shadowstar. It explores themes of duty versus desire, the cost of silence, and how a single cat's choices ripple outward to affect an entire clan.
- Main character
- Shadow (later Shadowstar), ShadowClan
- Affiliation
- ShadowClan
- Era
- New Power
- Type
- Standalone novel
- Author
- Victoria Holmes
Lore & Background
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Reader's Guide
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