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Shadow Awakening: Shadow and Shade - Book One
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 24 2025
Pages: 484
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
SHADOW AWAKENING
Shadow and Shade - Book One
Three souls. One prophecy. Zero chance of surviving alone.
A non-explicit why-choose epic fantasy filled with sweeping magic, deep emotion, and dark consequences.
The island kingdoms of the Inner Farther Reaches survive through discipline and tightly controlled magic. But when Second Prince Sealtiel, Princess Sageriell, and mage-apprentice Ayden cross into the forbidden mainland of Tau Nau, they awaken an ancient power that doesn't ask permission-it chooses them, marks them, and begins to transform them from within.
Shadow claims their souls. Shade corrupts their abilities. And the bond forming between the three becomes as dangerous as the magic remaking their world.
As a fallen Silver Mage unleashes horrors from the past and the soul-devouring Sha'Drugon rise once more, Sealtiel, Sage, and Ayden must face an impossible truth: the only way to survive the coming darkness is together-even if that bond defies every rule they were raised to obey, and even if the power consuming them destroys who they once were.
Perfect for readers who love: ✓ Why-choose dynamics without explicit content
✓ Complex magic systems with real consequences
✓ Slow-burn emotional bonds forged in darkness
✓ Morally gray characters facing impossible choices
✓ High stakes and devastating consequences
✓ Epic fantasy worlds on the brink of collapse
✓ Prophecies that demand everything
In a land where Shadow chooses its vessels and Shade devours the weak, destiny binds more than fate-it binds hearts, souls, and the very magic that could save them all... or destroy everything.
Shadow Awakening is the first book in the Shadow and Shade series-an epic fantasy journey where power has a price, bonds are forged in fire and darkness, and some awakenings change everything.
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