Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch international bestselling YA author Lynette Noni discuss her new novel, Shadow Reaper, a dark fantasy brimming with magic, danger and long-buried secrets, in conversation with host Amie Kaufman.
Originally presented on Saturday 6 June by The Wheeler Centre.
The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist that kills all it touches and reapers who roam the streets, stealing magic from innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for years to hunt these reapers but their ranks keep growing, led by the man who murdered her parents: the Reaper Priest.
When the Priest's most loyal follower, Reeve Ashton, is captured, he offers Viri a chance to avenge her parents... for a price. She knows better than to bargain with a reaper โ let alone this reaper โ but his offer is too good to resist. Soon she's breaking him out of prison, colluding with his crew of magic thieves, and following him deep into the blackmist forest in search of an ancient legend, all so they can stop the Reaper Priestโs plot to doom the city. Viri is staking her life on Reeve's plan, but how can she trust a silver-tongued criminal to keep his word? And how can she trust her own heart when a buried secret could shatter everything?
Full of relentless twists, enemies-to-lovers romance, found family and high stakes action, Shadow Reaper is the start of a breathtaking new duology.
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Watch international bestselling YA author Lynette Noni discuss her new novel, Shadow Reaper, a dark fantasy brimming with magic, danger and long-buried secrets, in conversation with host Amie Kaufman.
Originally presented on Saturday 6 June by The Wheeler Centre.
The city of Aravell is in peril, plagued by a deadly blackmist that kills all it touches and reapers who roam the streets, stealing magic from innocent children in their thirst for power. Seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has trained for years to hunt these reapers but their ranks keep growing, led by the man who murdered her parents: the Reaper Priest.
When the Priest's most loyal follower, Reeve Ashton, is captured, he offers Viri a chance to avenge her parents... for a price. She knows better than to bargain with a reaper โ let alone this reaper โ but his offer is too good to resist. Soon she's breaking him out of prison, colluding with his crew of magic thieves, and following him deep into the blackmist forest in search of an ancient legend, all so they can stop the Reaper Priestโs plot to doom the city. Viri is staking her life on Reeve's plan, but how can she trust a silver-tongued criminal to keep his word? And how can she trust her own heart when a buried secret could shatter everything?
Full of relentless twists, enemies-to-lovers romance, found family and high stakes action, Shadow Reaper is the start of a breathtaking new duology.
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The Wheeler Centre acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people
of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Centre stands. We also acknowledge and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their Elders, past and present, as the custodians of the world's oldest continuous living culture.
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
youtube.com/@WheelerCentre
๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐
The Wheeler Centre is where writers, storytellers, thinkers and readers connect through live events, insightful conversations and compelling stories in Melbourne.
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐
Live and digital conversations, debates, readings, podcasts and discussions at The Wheeler Centre.
๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐
๐ Website: wheelercentre.com
๐ Instagram: instagram.com/wheelercentre
๐ Facebook: facebook.com/wheelercentre
๐Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wheelercentre.bsky.social
๐ LISTEN wherever you get your podcasts: tinyurl.com/TWCLISTEN
