"With the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating. By all accounts they saved Disneyland from certain destruction. Why then did their mentor leave one last puzzle for them to decipher? The Keepers must solve a puzzle of the past, or be crushed under an evil that makes the Overtakers seem like gentle souls"--Provided by publisher.

Deception and betrayal rock the Kingdom Keepers as the merciless group of Disney villains known as the Overtakers stage an unexpected comeback. But a discovery by the Keepers provides them with one hope of victory -- a lost icon.

With the adventures set forth in the first books now behind them, Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney In shadow follows the five teens, Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck as they search to find Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer who has mysteriously gone missing. Concerned Wayne has been abducted by the Overtakers. Disney villains, who along with other Disney characters, take over the parks when the turnstiles stop spinning, and want desperately...

"The stakes are high--both for the past and the future. The finale of The Return series leaves the Kingdom Keepers with unimaginable choices to make"--

The Kingdom Keepers have their hands full when, during the inaugural cruise of the Disney ship, Fantasy, to exotic locations, they discover that the Overtakers have infiltrated the cast, stolen a journal that belonged to Walt Disney himself, and plan to unleash a powerful evil, the Chernabog.

The Kingdom Keepers learn that the Overtakers are planning to rescue their two captured leaders. Suddenly Charlene begins acting strangely and is caught sneaking into Epcot as a hologram. Finn and Philby gather the Keepers and spring into action as the Overtakers grow larger and begin recruiting kids to execute their sinister plans.

The Five Kingdom Keepers continue on their cruise aboard the "Disney Dream" resort liner, traveling up the new Panama Canal and destined for adventures in Aruba, Costa Rica, and Mexico. The Keepers are worried--the Evil Queen and Maleficent are on the move again, this time to put together a puzzle found in a secret journal aboard the cruise ship, a puzzle that could result in the death of one of the Keepers.

When the five teens mentor and head Imagineer goes missing, Jess's nightmares gives clues which leads them to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot where they encounter a giant snake, ride on Soarin' and Maelstrom, and search for a sword as they decipher meanings in the clues and discover more about themselves and their friendships.

When the Disney Dream cruise ship sets sail, the Kingdom Keepers join the guests along its voyage. Soon, they uncover troubling news that the Overtakers have infiltrated the cast and crew and nearly every Disney villain is aboard.

The Kingdom Keepers and their friends discover that Maleficent and the Overtakers are plotting a catastrophic event that could have repercussions far beyond the world of Disney unless they solve a puzzle that is revealed during the Disney Cruise Line's inaugural passage through the Panama Canal.