In the Shadow of Midnight is a 1994 historical novel by Canadian author Marsha Canham, the second instalment of her "Medieval" trilogy inspired by the Robin Hood legend set in 13th-century England.

To avoid the match with such an unpleasant man, she decides to travel to France to find her uncle; but, before departing, Ariel rashly agrees to wed the visiting Welsh lord Rhys ap Iorwerth as a means of thwarting John's plans—and immediately regrets her choice.

The Clares' journey takes them to Amboise Castle, the home of Lord Randwulf de la Seyne Sur Mer, champion of the dowager queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and the former outlaw known as "Black Wolf" (hero from the events of the first book).

"That was what gave me the idea for the sequel, In the Shadow of Midnight, where the lost princess is found, and somewhere in there the whole Robin Hood theme started to take shape and I had a blast adding characters from the legends and making it look like that had been my intention all along."

Canadian author Marsha Canham began writing about the legend of Robin Hood in her novel Through a Dark Mist, being inspired by her love of Errol Flynn's films and by a recurring dream of a "beautiful blonde-haired damsel in distress, held captive in a cave high on a cliff, rescued by two men cloaked in monks' robes, wielding bows and arrows.

She followed this idea – the creation of the Black Wolf's son as a representation of Robin Hood – with In the Shadow of Midnight but ultimately decided that "Eduard Fitz Randwulf was not quite the man I was looking for.

[3] Jane Sullivan, writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, recommended the entire "swashbuckling" trilogy for "hopeless romantics,"[4] while Rebekah Bradford of The Post and Courier called the series an "inventive reimagining.