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Shadow Slave, Book 1: Child of Shadows

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Born enslaved, Sunny is an unlikely anti-hero whose superpowers come with a fatal flaw. But that won’t stop him in a terrifying magical world where survival and monsters go hand in hand.

Witness the rise of the Shadow Slave in this gritty, dark fantasy adventure where a nameless street rat must rise to challenge the gods themselves.

Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened — an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers.

Transported into a ruined magical world, he finds himself facing off against terrible monsters and other Awakened...

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