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Chapter Summaries (Shadows Upon Time)

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This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Shadows Upon Time.

Full Shadows Upon Time spoilers below, proceed with caution.

Chapter 1: The Highest Place


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Chapter 2: Darkmoon and Dragon Devouring


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Chapter 3: Conspiracies


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Chapter 4: The King Twice Dead


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Chapter 5: In Sheep's Clothing


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Chapter 6: The Soldier on the Bridge


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Chapter 7: The Captain in the Dark


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Chapter 8: The Lord in the Eye of the Storm


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Chapter 9: Upon Demiurge


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Chapter 10: The Rats in the Walls


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Chapter 11: The Battle in the Heart


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Chapter 12: The Daimon in the Stone


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Chapter 13: The Worm at the Core


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Chapter 14: The Princess in the Tower


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Chapter 15: The Battle Over Hell


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Chapter 16: The Djinni From the Bottle


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Chapter 17: Proteus Bound


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Chapter 18: City of the Gods


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Chapter 19: Other Devils


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Chapter 20: Demon in White


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Chapter 21: Apollo to Hyperion Spoke


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Chapter 22: The Muster at Tenba


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Chapter 23: Gododdin


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Chapter 24: The Devil and the Serpent Crowned


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Chapter 25: Some Better World


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Chapter 26: The War Council


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Chapter 27: Sun and Moon


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Chapter 28: Pluto and Proserpine


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Chapter 29: Before the Fire


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Chapter 30: Distant Light


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Chapter 31: The End of a World


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Chapter 32: Dreamer and Deceiver


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Chapter 33: The Energumens


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Chapter 34: The Touch of Evil


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Chapter 35: A Galaxy of Fear


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Chapter 36: Aftermath


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Chapter 37: The Red Woman and the Blue


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Chapter 38: Burial at Sea


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Chapter 39: Astrophage


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Chapter 40: The Old Man of the Sea


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Chapter 41: Devil and Daughter


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Chapter 42: From Danger Into Danger


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Chapter 43: Of Raptors and Worms


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Chapter 44: The Serpents in Our Minds


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Chapter 45: Message in a Bottle


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Chapter 46: Nativity


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Chapter 47: Into the Lion's Den


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Chapter 48: White Knight, Red King


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Chapter 49: Auctor of the Imperium


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Chapter 50: Amphisbaena


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Chapter 51: Pillars of Fire


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Chapter 52: By Slow Decay


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Chapter 53: The Triumvirs


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Chapter 54: The Mob Rules


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Chapter 55: The City Incarnadine


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Chapter 56: Phobos and Deimos


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Chapter 57: The Subtle Poison


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Chapter 58: The Hammer Blow


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Chapter 59: Playing Pale


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Chapter 60: Proteus Unbound


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Chapter 61: Deus Et Machina


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Chapter 62: Into the Abyss


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Chapter 63: The Shoulders of Giants


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Chapter 64: All His Lucent Empire


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Chapter 65: The Lord of the Last Day


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Chapter 66: The Keys to the Kingdom


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Chapter 67: The Return


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Chapter 68: The Good Commander


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Chapter 69: Deep Breath


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Chapter 70: Sudden Flame


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Chapter 71: The Din of War


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Chapter 72: Darkness and Silence


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Chapter 73: Pandaemonium


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Chapter 74: In the Shadow of the Sun


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Chapter 75: Voidmaker


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Chapter 76: Ouroboros


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Chapter 77: The Darkness at the End


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Chapter 78: Killing the Dragon


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Chapter 79: Age of Miracles


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Chapter 80: Of Serpents and Sorcerers


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Chapter 81: A Wilderness of Tigers


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Chapter 82: Nightfall


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Chapter 83: Apocatostasis


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Chapter 84: The Next Day


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Chapter 85: The Passing of the Red Company


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Chapter 86: The Devil No More


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Chapter 87: Anaryoch


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Chapter 88: The Last Journey


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Chapter 89: Twilight


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Chapter 90: The Panegyrist


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Chapter 91: The Ascent of Alexander


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The Life of Hadrian Marlowe: A Timeline