"I am the Shadow of the Lion. The one who will survive deaths without number. The one who has lost everyone. The one wounded and betrayed. I am not the Lion. He is dead. I am his Shadow. I am his revenge."

Amkela has always fought beside his older brother Nenkani, the Lion of the West and last hope of their people against the invading Karaphi Empire. But when they are betrayed and hunted by Imperial airships, Amkela is offered power and revenge by an imprisoned being of visions and vines called dreaming-what-is-to-come.

Thrust from his brother's shadow, Amkela must lead his people to freedom while keeping secret the terrible price he's paid.

When the shadow of the Empire falls across him, will Amkela be strong enough to save his people? Will he be strong enough to survive?

Your Shuters Top Class English First Additional Language Grade 9 Core Reader contains the following: Short Stories, Poems, Folktales, A Drama. Available components, Shuters Top Class English, First Additional Language Grade 9 Learner's Book, Shuters Top Class English First Additional Language Grade 9 Core Reader, Shuters Top Class English, First Additional Language Grade 9 Teacher's Resource Pack.