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Shadows of Fate: Rise of the Dark Mage
Paperback
Publisher: Edj Books
Published: Sep 25 2025
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
They called him lowborn.
Kitchen rat.
Freak.
They beat him, branded him, bled him for dreaming.
They said magic lived in bloodlines.
They said power belonged to the few.
They were wrong.
Arnold Bennett rose anyway. In shadow. In silence. In ruin.
He stole a name from the mouths of kings.
He carved magic into his bones with fire and grief.
He shattered thrones, outwitted gods, and stood at the edge of unmaking.
He asked the question no one in power dares to face:
An epic fantasy forged in rage, runes, and ruin.
- For the cast-offs, the overlooked, the ones told they would never matter.
- A myth of rebellion wrapped in rune-magic, betrayal, and impossible choices.
- A villain's origin or a god's awakening?
- A story that begins in ruin and dives deeper.
Fate leads to ruin. Free will leads to chaos. I choose chaos. - Arnold
WHAT YOU'LL FIND WITHINA HERO WHO ISN'T
Arnold is no chosen one. He is a weapon honed by cruelty and wielded by no one. His scars are real, his power earned, his path terrifyingly free.
A WORLD ON THE BRINK
Kingdoms rot from within. Magic is hoarded like gold. Gods play with lives like dice. The game is rigged and Arnold means to burn it clean.
MAGIC THAT CUTS DEEP
Runes etched in bone and pain. Keeper hearts that pulse with stolen power. Telepathy. Summoning. Time-warping ruin. Consequences land in chapter 1.
FATE VS. FREE WILL
At the core waits a war older than gods. Can you choose who you are, or do they decide it for you? When Fate falls, who decides what rises?
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