Summary Of The Shadow Throne

The Shadow Throne: The final adventure
War is coming to Carthya! This story opens in the country of Carthya, they are ruled by their young King Jaron. Hostile nations surround this peaceful country. One in particular, brodering from the south is Avenia. Their king is bent on overthrowing Jaron and taking all the land for himself. Jaron is surrounded with no way to escape, he will have to use every trick he knows to keep Carthya free. This story has enough action to satisfy any reader, and maybe the best part is how real the story seems. Each character has been carefully crafted throughout all three of the previous books. At this point, the reader feels as if they know each character on a personal level. With a strong climax and plenty of rising
Jaron is constantly put in a self vs group scenario. He could run away from the problem and let his people get conquered, at least he would be safe. Or he could stay and fight to keep his people out of oppression and away from a terrible ruler. Jennifer Nielsen also shows a sort of youth vs age factor when displaying King Vargen and King Jaron. Nielsen gives a great description of characters by using analogies to describe how a certain character looks or acts. One of the best ways Nielsen shaped Jaron was by showing his sometimes rude personality. She did this with heavy sarcasm and unkind comments made to other characters. The word choice in The Shadow Throne was relatively good. It helps the reader imagine most of the scenes, but in some cases she used to words that were too generic and didn’t really help one see what was happening. Another literary technique that the author used very well was controlling the mood of the story. Nielsen lets the reader get really sad in parts by changing the mood in how someone feels or when the situation is dark, but then she brings the reader back up with an action packed chapter of heroism. The entire plot of this story is full of great literary techniques. What the author is trying to get across to the reader is that no matter how bleak the situation you must always keep fighting for what you care