Shadow Moon (novel)

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name = Shadow Moon
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author = Chris Claremont and George Lucas
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country = United States
language = English
series = Chronicles of the Shadow War
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Spectra
release_date = 1995
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 464
isbn = 0553572857
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followed_by = Shadow Dawn

"Shadow Moon" is a fantasy novel written by Chris Claremont and George Lucas. Published in 1995, it was the continuation of the 1988 motion picture "Willow". This is the first book of the "Chronicles of the Shadow War" trilogy followed by "Shadow Dawn" and "Shadow Star".

Plot

Willow Ufgood is worrying over planting his crops for the harvest, once again in the life of a farmer. He falls asleep, distraught over not being able to attend a party for Elora Dannen, of whom he served as protector about a year ago. He dreams that night of riding on the back of a great dragon, who drops him off at Tir Asleen. After bantering with Madmartigan and Sorsha, during which Sorsha bestows upon him a new name -Thorn Drumheller- he continues on to see Elora and give her a gift that he has created: a teddy bear with crystal eyes that Willow says will protect her when he is not there to do so. Leaving the sleeping child with her gift, he converses with the two brownies, Rool and Franjean, and leaves.

He wakes up the next morning to find two Brownies sitting at the end of his bed and that a horrific cataclysm has wiped out 12 areas in the world...including Tir Asleen.