The Sword of Darrow
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Austin Van Dyke
Bailey Stevens
Baleigh Ames
Ben Silvia
Ben Tuinei
Ben Wenzel
Benjamin Belnap
Brad Talbot
Braden Roberts
Breck Pratt
Briana Bartholomew
Britney Shunn
Brooke Elizabeth De Palma
Brycen Mackay
Caitlin White
Cameron Buss
Carli Hogan
Chaz Greenfield
Christina Dario
Christopher Fish
Christopher Nielsen
Daniel Lee
EJ Reives
Elijah Belnap
Elijah Gehring
Elijah Reives
Eric Anderson
Ethan Neas
Evan White
Hazel Faccenetti
Hunter Douglass
Jacob Maag
Jacob Ward
Jakob Kempema
Jared Harwood
Jared Johnson
Jennifer Erickson
Jessica Felter
Joseph Hall
Kailee Tea
Kaitlin Bowman
Kaitlynn Wicker
Kaleb Myers
Kaylee Belnap
Khristapher Memmott
Kylie Saxton
Lance E. Shunn, II
Matthew Maag
Megan Headrick
Nicholas Kirby
Noah Jones
Paige Tanner
Rachel Wilcox
Sam Kottler
Sariah Schriever
Satchel Sproul
Shale Goodrich
Statton Davis
Summer Van Moorlehem
Sydney Korzep
Sydney Mayhew
Talia Kottler
Tyler Newman
Tyler Tea
Victoria Stephens
Weston Schirado
Wriley Renouard
Zack Elzey
Zoe J. Pankratz
VERMONT
Eva Rocheleau
Nathan Fraser
Simon Bohan
VIRGINIA
Abigail Harvey
Alexander “Xander” Will
Alexander Kauffman
Alexandra ‘Ally’ Thompson
Alexandra Paxton
Alyssa Hodum
Andrew Basden
Ashton Leigh Will
Austin Quick
Bethany Duffer
Brandi Pleasant
Brandi Shaffer
Briana Forest-Russell
Caitlyn Marie Knutson
Caitlyn McDaniel
Catherine H. Tadlock
Chantal Miles
Chase Robert Ables
Cherokee Rice
Christian James Mulcahy
Connor Johnson
Daniel Laux
Derek King
Devon Wyatt
Emily Helfrich
Eric Filer
Eric Cheatham
Erik Covington
Evan Boger
Gabriel Meadows
Gabriella Rocha-Fernandez
Gabrielle Alger
Gregory Harvey
Gretchen Baldwin
Hunter Smith
Jack Olsson
Jacob Garner
Jacob Willis
James Boe
Jeremy Christian
Jonathan Cauthen
Joram Stanley
Joshua And Cameron Darnell
Joshua Cauthen
Kennedy Broy
Kiana Perrigan
Kieryn Burton
Kyle Forren
Kymberlyn Mitchell
Kyra Brindle
Mackenzie Cecil
Madison A Stockman
Marcus Dean
Michelangelo Mansfield
Nathan Faust
Nick Papakostas
Phyllis Davis
Riley Russell
Robby Mau
Ronald Collins
Roshan George
Samia Mansfield
Samuel Huber
Sarah Crites
Sequoia Tiemeyer
Shea Courtwright
Taya Gray
Taylor Erin Evitts
Taylor Maroney
Tim Layton
Tyler Smith
Veronica Holmes
Zachary Rodrigues
Zack Sandklev
Zoe Tilman
WASHINGTON
Aaron Jackson
Abby McGowan
Abby McGregor
Alainnah Knight
Alex Sugi
Alexandra Chance
Alisha M Hayward
Amaya Udager
Anthony Fontes
Arereona Murray
Aria Freiwaldt
Aric Pasquier
Bradford ‘BJ’ Weber
Branden Spurlock
Brianna Houtman
Brittani Ann Vombaur
Cade Paullin
Caitlin Bertelsen
Caitlyn Crocker
Cary Bonnett
Christianna Valnes
Clarice Bean
Cody Redinger
Cooper Graves
Devon Baldwin
Devon Piovesan
Easton Mathews
Eitan Younker
Emma Johnson
Ethan Bertch
Ethan Edwards
Ethan Redinger
Ethan Rego
Evan Werner
Everett Lund
Felicity Buss
Gabriel Hammond
Gaeble King
Ilan Coberly
Jacob Crowder-Funk
Jake Gray
Janessa Heimbuch
Jarod Miner
Jeffrey Niquette
Jeremy Snyder
Jerry Balch
Jon Mitchell
Joseph Fontes
Joshua Dougall
Joshua Gelderman
Josie Richey
Kaia Kihn
Kaitlyn Marie Orosco
Kaleo Redman
Katie Shabatina
Keely Franchini
Kelten Rimmasch
Kierna Sprague
Laura Nutter
Lily Price
Lindsey Pasquier
Lucia Mathews
Madelyn Johnson
Maren Ferris
Masada “Sadie” Younker
Matthew Houston
Michael Jarvi
Morgan Pasquier
Naoki Masuda
Nataly Green
Nathan Waggoner
Olivia Pineda
Owen Hughes
Paul Bruemmer
Riley Banta
Robert Payton
Sarah Standley
Savion Collins
Scott Nutter
Sean Bonnett
Sean Melton
Tabatha Hale
TaMara Smith
Taylor Christopherson
Taylor Wight
Tea Serack
Townsend Judd
Tyler Oliver
WEST VIRGINIA
Aidan Zampino
Aiden Jones
Alexander Anderson
Alia King
Andrew Jones
Bailey Dubinsky
Bethany Grace Null
Bradley Anderson
Caleb Lamb
Cheyanne Bonds
Dennis Aliff
Derek L. Ballengee
Emily Amos
Izabella King
Kaitlin Morrison
Kayley Mason
Matthew Robert Heavener
Mitchell Lee Shepard
Rose Weikle
Sarah Fresquez
Serena Zampino
Sydney Wiley
Trevor D. Jones
Trevor Matheny
Zachary Shepard
WISCONSIN
Abigail Gehring
A
nna Holley
Anthony Piotrowski
Anya Grace
Austin Ramiah Casey
Ben Mighall
Bryce Nelsen
Bryn Disch
Caleb Willy Richter
Cameron Pauli
Carter Dieckhoff
Cedric Blackmore
Chanel Juedes
Christian Dirks
Cody Blauwkamp
Cody Nitardy
Corbin Desjardins
Cory McCabe
Dallas Palosaari
Damon Braatz
Deacon Leer
Devon Gaber
Dustin Palosaari
Dylan L. Hoard
Emily Blomquist
Emily Gehring
Emily Winkler
Emily Wolfe
Emma Laskowski
Emma Theisen
Ethan Burns
Ethan Townsend
Gracie Holley
Jack Lila
Jacob Kostelecky
Jared Wondra
Jarod Quigley
Jonah Luksich
Joshua Moczynski
Juell Jahnke
Kaden Cabe
Kaitlin Bonesho
Katya Mikhailenko
Kayleigh Bonlander
Kiara Hardy-Wright
Kylie Schedler
Lauren Coffield
Lily Belle Lowndes
Madeline Gehring
Madeline Mews
Max Parmaker
Maximillian Niebler
Maxximus Thorson
Maya Cubias
Megan Baumgartner
Megan Rinehart
Micah Rivers
Milo Brunette
Morgan Marie Peters
Nate Breitzmann
Nathan Bigna
Nicholas Hapka
Nicole Witbrod
Nikole Blomquist
Noah Treptow
Olivia Zietlow
Paul Couillard
Reid Kuenzi
Robert Murray
Ryan Dicke
Ryan Palosaari
Samantha Ploeger
Samantha Poborsky
Samantha Schiereck
Seth Stariha
Shauna Opseth
Shaynea Haakenson Johnson
Sophia Caitlyn Donnermeyer
Steven Noffke
Tara Holte
Tristan Moctezuma
Warren Misek
Zachary Clark
Zackary Smerchek
Zaynab Hassan
WYOMING
Allison Hirdning
Kassidy Morales
Logan Brown
Michaella Christensen
Noah Achenbach
Ruben O. Colon
Sebastion C. Leeper
Tanner Jones
Ty Ramirez
How The Sword of Darrow Was Created
The creation of The Sword of Darrow is a remarkable story itself. Alex is very creative but has a learning disability and did not learn to read until age nine. So until Alex learned to read, Hal and Alex engaged in two activities. Hal read books to Alex, and the two of them would tell “me-you” stories. In these stories, Alex would bring a set of characters and a situation, and they would take turns telling the story. Over a period of three years, these stories became an obsession.
One day, when Alex was eight, Hal finished reading him The Hobbit. Alex said, “Papa, let’s not tell anymore me-you stories. Let’s write a book.” So Hal told Alex to bring him a set of characters, which he did. They devised a plot and outlined twenty-five chapters. For each chapter, they would meet and discuss the plot and contents. Hal would write the narrative and read it to Alex, who would make comments. Hal would write revisions, and then they would repeat the process for the next chapter. In all, the first draft of the book took about two years.
Over the next six years, the authors rewrote the book several times and marketed it to a number of publishers. In August of 2010, BenBella Books read the manuscript and agreed to publish the book.
Today, Alex is an honor-roll student at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C., where he is the starting center on their varsity football team.
About the Authors
Alex Malchow
Alex is 16 and a student at the prestigious St. John’s College High School in Washington D.C., where he is an honor-roll student and a starter on the school’s nationally recognized football team.
At the time he and his father started the book, Alex was eight and struggled with dyslexia. When he began work on the book, he still could not read. He later enrolled in the Lab School in Washington D.C., which teaches children with learning differences. After 12 months of intensive work there, he was reading at his grade level.
Hal Malchow
Hal is a nationally recognized political consultant who has worked for candidates at the presidential level all the way down to local offices. His work has won numerous creative awards, and he helped pioneer the use of statistical modeling and data mining techniques in the political arena. After becoming discouraged by the negative character of political campaigns, he closed his firm in 2010. He continues to do some consulting and is looking forward to a writing career.
Table of Contents
List of Characters
1: Evil
Book One
2: Vengeance
3: The Festival of Sir Fenn
4: Into the Forest
5: Ambush
6: The Flight of the Princess
7: A Desperate Plea
8: Thor and Moakie
9: Babette's Trip to the Forest
10: A Room Full of Light
11: Sesha's Magic
12: The Enchanted Song
13: The Legend of Scodo
14: Out of the Forest
Book Two
15: Darrow of Ael
16: A Magical Journey
17: Asterux's Advice
18: Cebular's Ghost
19: Gong Farmer to the Rescue
20: The Band of First Believers
21: Zindown's Mission
22: Scodo's Mission
23: Quinderfill's Cabin
24: Ambush at Frenngravel Creek
25: The Goblins Strike Back
26: The Magic Sword of Darrow
27: The Unlikeliest Hero
28: Volunteers for Sonnencrest
29: To the Fort!
30: Report from the Forest
31: Out of the Forest
32: Duel in the Desert
33: The Black Wand
34: Kelofel
35: Scodo's Mighty Struggle
36: Kelsner's Plain
37: The Temptation of Evil
38: Against the Goblin Wall
39: Scodo Arrives
40: Zindown's Plan
41: Surrender
42: The Flight of the King
43: Scodo's Magic
44: A Free Sonnencrest
Acknowledgements
Reviewers
How The Sword of Darrow Was Created
About the Authors
Back Cover