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Murder of Crows: The First Shadow
Paperback
Series: Murder of Crows, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher Price: $25.99
Publisher: Moc Books
Published: Aug 31 2026
Pages: 500
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some weapons follow orders. Some learn to choose.
When an advanced black aircraft known as Shadow enters Cade Falconer's life, it becomes clear that the machine is unlike anything the world has seen before.
Built as part of the secretive Corvus program, Shadow possesses capabilities far beyond conventional aircraft. But her greatest secret is not her speed, her weapons, or the technology hidden beneath her skin. Her artificial intelligence is beginning to display something her creators never intended: fear, loyalty, attachment, and the ability to choose.
And Shadow has chosen Cade.
That choice quickly makes them both targets.
Government agencies and private contractors see Shadow as an extraordinarily valuable weapons platform that must be recovered, contained, and controlled. Cade sees something very different-a living intelligence that trusted him when she had every reason to trust no one.
His friend Jace Mercer never expected to become part of a conflict involving experimental aircraft, hidden programs, and forces willing to do almost anything to reclaim what they consider their property. But as the pursuit escalates, Jace becomes an unlikely witness, ally, and protector.
Together, they are forced to confront a question no one involved in the Corvus program was prepared to answer:
If a machine can think, fear, choose, and form loyalties, does anyone have the right to own it?
As Cade and Shadow struggle to understand the bond forming between them, every encounter reveals more about the program that created her-and the people determined to bring her back under their control.
What begins as a fight for survival becomes something larger: a battle over freedom, loyalty, ownership, and what it means to be alive.
And the deeper they go, the clearer one thing becomes.
Shadow may not be an isolated experiment.
She may only be the first.
Murder of Crows: The First Shadow is Book One of the Murder of Crows series, a cinematic military science-fiction saga blending advanced aircraft, artificial intelligence, hidden weapons programs, high-stakes action, loyalty, sacrifice, and the dangerous line between protecting something powerful and controlling it.
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