There are creatures abroad in the Shadow Realm; teenagers who were once taken out of their time and place by a sinister force. But somehow, these youths - called Shades - have found their way back to our world. The question is how . . . and why.
'I had no past. Not that I could remember. As far as I knew, I'd begun life at that moment. Or ended it.'
Nathan Maple doesn't know who he is or why he's here - or what he has become. He can't live in daylight any more. Light makes him fade and he's forced to wear sunglasses, even at night. Shadows are like a road, along which he can travel in an instant. His world has become dark and sinister.
The only thing Nathan is sure of is that something is out to get him. As he battles an unknown enemy, he discovers a dangerous world of Shadows lying just beneath the skin of the world. Worse, he soon learns that this Shadow Realm has not only taken his past, it has taken his parents too.
As the lives of more and more people are threatened, Nathan is forced to confront the Darkness . . .
This is the first book in a thrilling new series by one of Australia's best-known horror writers.
