Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)
What Happens in Valdar Stays in Valdar

From infernal depths where lost souls are resurrected as hell-spawned devils; where creatures from the other side of the veil separating the earthly from the unearthly are conjured into existence; where beings from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions slip through to our world ... the adventures of Dorgo the Dowser pit him against sentient shadows, duplicitous women, unscrupulous men, a criminal underworld of humans and semi-humans, malevolent puppets, strange beasts that time forgot, and beings from another world-not to mention zombies, killer fauns, vengeful vampires, raging werewolves, and the most unique pair of jewels you've ever heard of.

Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, and sense the vestiges of magical power used in the commission of crimes, Dorgo walks in the shadows of a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.

Magic, monsters, mystery, murder and mayhem: all Hell can break loose in Valdar in just one night. And it usually does.

Winner of the 2017 Golden Book Award for Best Fantasy.

"Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront."
-Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine
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Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)
What Happens in Valdar Stays in Valdar

From infernal depths where lost souls are resurrected as hell-spawned devils; where creatures from the other side of the veil separating the earthly from the unearthly are conjured into existence; where beings from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions slip through to our world ... the adventures of Dorgo the Dowser pit him against sentient shadows, duplicitous women, unscrupulous men, a criminal underworld of humans and semi-humans, malevolent puppets, strange beasts that time forgot, and beings from another world-not to mention zombies, killer fauns, vengeful vampires, raging werewolves, and the most unique pair of jewels you've ever heard of.

Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, and sense the vestiges of magical power used in the commission of crimes, Dorgo walks in the shadows of a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.

Magic, monsters, mystery, murder and mayhem: all Hell can break loose in Valdar in just one night. And it usually does.

Winner of the 2017 Golden Book Award for Best Fantasy.

"Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront."
-Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine
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Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)

Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)

by Joe Bonadonna
Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)

Mad Shadows - The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (Book 1)

by Joe Bonadonna

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What Happens in Valdar Stays in Valdar

From infernal depths where lost souls are resurrected as hell-spawned devils; where creatures from the other side of the veil separating the earthly from the unearthly are conjured into existence; where beings from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions slip through to our world ... the adventures of Dorgo the Dowser pit him against sentient shadows, duplicitous women, unscrupulous men, a criminal underworld of humans and semi-humans, malevolent puppets, strange beasts that time forgot, and beings from another world-not to mention zombies, killer fauns, vengeful vampires, raging werewolves, and the most unique pair of jewels you've ever heard of.

Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, and sense the vestiges of magical power used in the commission of crimes, Dorgo walks in the shadows of a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.

Magic, monsters, mystery, murder and mayhem: all Hell can break loose in Valdar in just one night. And it usually does.

Winner of the 2017 Golden Book Award for Best Fantasy.

"Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront."
-Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798765564127
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 05/04/2022
Series: Mad Shadows , #1
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Joe Bonadonna is the author of the heroic fantasies Mad Shadows-Book 1: The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser (winner of the 2017 Golden Book Readers’ Choice Award for Fantasy); Mad Shadows-Book 2: The Order of the Serpent; Mad Shadows-Book 3: The Heroes of Echo Gate; the space operas Three Against The Stars and The MechMen of Canis-9; and the sword & sorcery adventure, Waters of Darkness, (in collaboration with David C. Smith.)


With co-writer Erika M, Szabo, he wrote Three Ghosts in a Black Pumpkin (winner of the 2017 Golden Books Judge’s Choice Award for Children’s Fantasy), and The Power of the Sapphire Wand. He also has stories appearing in: Azieran—Artifacts and Relics; GRIOTS 2: Sisters of the Spear; Heroika: Dragon Eaters; Poets in Hell; Doctors in Hell; Pirates in Hell; Lovers in Hell; Mystics in Hell, Liars in Hell; Sinbad: The New Voyages, Volume 4; Unbreakable Ink; Sha’Daa Toys, (in collaboration with Shebat Legion), and The Lost Empire of Sol, (with David C. Smith.) In addition to his fiction, Joe has written a number of articles and book reviews for Black Gate online magazine.


His Facebook author’s page is called Bonadonna’s Bookshelf, at:
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