Canadian fantasy novels (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 28. Chapters: Silverwing, Firewing, Under Heaven, Airborn, Darkwing, Sunwing, The Third Magic, The Cutting Edge, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Women of the Apocalypse, Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, Laura l'immortelle, Skybreaker, The Dying Days, Blood Price, Nadira, Upland Outlaws, The Secret World of Og, Amos Daragon, The Hunter's Moon, Blood Follows, Memories of Ice, The Bonehunters, The Alchemist's Daughter, Autobiography of Red, River, Out of the Dark, West of January, The Eagle, Clothar the Frank, The Judging Eye, The Forgotten World of Uloc. Excerpt: Silverwing is a best-selling fiction novel, written by Kenneth Oppel, first published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It tells the story of a colony of silverwing bats. The tone and artistic ambition of this series of bestsellers has been compared to the classic animal novel Watership Down. Silverwing is the second installment of the Silverwing series, following the prequel Darkwing. Part One Shade, a young Silverwing bat, is constantly teased for being the runt of his colony. Shade had lost his father, Cassiel, before he was even born, and his mother, Ariel, is constantly worrying for his safety. One day Shade is being teased and bullied by Chinook, the most popular newborn. In response, Shade challenges Chinook to look at the sun. This is forbidden by law, and any bat caught out when the sun rises can be killed by owls. Chinook returns before the sun comes up, but Shade keeps waiting until he sees a bit of the sun. An owl sees this and attempts to catch and kill Shade, but Ariel rescues him in time. Back at the Silverwings' roost, called Tree Haven, Shade is apprehended by the four elders: Bathsheba, Aurora, Lucretia and Frieda. Despite Bathsheba's intentions of punishing Shade, Frieda defends him sufficiently enough to escape punishment. Frieda later corners Shade and asks him eagerly about the sun. She takes him to the Echo Chamber, where she sings the history of batkind into his head. Shade sees that once, millions of years ago, bats were allowed to see the sun. Then the birds and beasts had a war, and both sides tried to recruit the bats. The bats refused to fight, and at the peace treaty, the birds and beasts banished the bats from ever seeing the sun again. But Nocturna, the bat goddess, promised to the bats that one day they will return to the sun. Frieda shows Shade a metallic band given to her by humans, and says it is part of the Promise. Soon the local owls, led by General Brutus, come to Tree Haven demanding for Shade. Shade is about to sacrifice himself bef