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Born in Far North Queensland, I ended up being dragged over most of the state before the age of ten--and then into the Northern Territory and back, so that I attended four different primary schools and two high schools by graduation. In a country that inspires the imagination, and in towns that made me dream of worlds beyond my own, I started writing early, and reading voraciously.

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LAST DAY to Pick Up 'Trading into Shadow' (Book 1, The Magic Below Paris) Ebook for Free

Today (March 29, 2026 (PT) is the last day you can pick up the ebook version of Trading into Shadow, the first book in the Magic Below Paris series, for FREE.If you're looking for life after a different kind of apocalypse, with hyper-intelligentcats, nanite-abilities that manifest as magic, and the ability to communicatemind to mind, then why not give it a try.

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	Magic Below Paris Complete Series Boxed Set #1-8: Trading Into Shadow, Trading Into Darkness, Trading Close to Light, Trading By Firelight, Trading by Shroomlight by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.68 avg rating — 439 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading Into Shadow (The Magic Below Paris #1) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 259 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading into Darkness (The Magic Below Paris Book 2) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 202 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading By Shroomlight (The Magic Below Paris Book 5) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 193 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading Close To Light (The Magic Below Paris Book 3) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 186 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading Into Daylight (The Magic Below Paris Book 6) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 179 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading By Firelight (The Magic Below Paris Book 4) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 172 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading To The Deeps (The Magic Below Paris #8) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.68 avg rating — 151 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading By Stormlight (The Magic Below Paris Book 7) by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 151 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic Below Paris Boxed Set (Books 1 - 4): Trading Into Shadow, Trading Into Darkness, Trading Close to Light, Trading By Firelight by C.M. Simpson (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderle (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 75 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nov 08, 2022 11:37AM

The publisher's response is that there are no plans to put Magic Below Paris into Audio.

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Nov 08, 2022 11:15AM

William wrote: "Has the Magic below Paris ever been published in Audio? Just to let you know I will buy it if you do."

Hi William - Thanks for checking in. To date, it has not been published in Audio, but I am checking with the publisher (LMBPN) to see if there are any plans for that to happen.

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Nov 08, 2022 08:22AM

Has the Magic below Paris ever been published in Audio? Just to let you know I will buy it if you do.

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