A Journey Through the Shadows

The ever-growing scale of William Carter's experiments is draining the Shadow Energy of the Eternal Continent. The rifts are growing thin, and the core beneath his throne is beginning to collapse inward. He needs more, more than this world can provide. But he cannot travel to other worlds himself. He is the Shadow King of the Eternal Continent, and his departure would mean its collapse.

So he created Maxwell. He tore a piece from his own shadow, shaped it into a human form, and gave it an independent consciousness and the instinct to survive. He bestowed upon it the Shadow Codex and a gate that could travel between worlds. Its mission was simple: find nodes of Shadow Energy, establish transmission channels, and steadily draw Shadow Energy from other worlds back to the Eternal Continent.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.