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Trial of Shadows


A Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novel


Book 3 of the Order of the Elements Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Necromancy,
  • Mage / Magic School,
  • Court Intrigue
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Paranormal courts where everyone is scheming for power
  • Urban fantasy with spirit magic and explosive magical mishaps
  • Snarky protagonists caught between supernatural politics and messy pasts
Publisher Description

Some problems can't be solved with the roll of a die…After a major betrayal shook up my life, I'm attempting to lie low. Naturally, that's when the King of the Dead decides to show up on my doorstep again.

Seems His Deathly Highness needs a new Elemental Soldier, and he wants to hire me as his security guard to stop anyone from sabotaging the contest. Since the Order has been ghosting me ever since I accidentally blew up a vampire's house, I could use the cash -- even if it involves dealing with hot-tempered fire mages.

Problem is, everyone in the Court of the Dead has their own agenda. And with an upcoming school reunion threatening to drag up dangerous memories of my lessons in spirit magic, I find myself at a crossroads in my life, in more ways than one.

In the Parallel, not everything stays buried for long, and if I'm not careful, the Court of the Dead's many secrets will spell my own end.

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I have a preference towards writing underdogs, or characters drawn into world-changing events through circumstance rather than being chosen for a special destiny...

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