Shadow Slave: Book7

by Guiltythree

Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened - an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers. Transported into a ruined magical world, he found himself facing against terrible monsters - and other Awakened - in a deadly battle of survival.
What's worse, the shadow powers he received happened to possess a small, but potentially fatal side effect...

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novel, Adventure

239 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2023

Reviews

[Terrell L · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can one man create such greatness and this series is his debut? How??

[Radiantbeni · Rating 5 out of 5]

THAT'S MY GOAT SUNNY, BANG!

[Kirie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t even know what to say. Really masterful story weaving and stunning cliff hanger. It’s so fucked up but in a good way?

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adored this volume and the plot twist is crazy good however this arc has some segments that really drag on and overstay their welcome, it still might be my favorite volume though, either this one, forgotten shore, or Antartica .

[Badam_Milk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was a bit disappointed, third nightmare's first few moments felt like a honeymoon between Nephis and Sunny. I was a bit upset of how there were no stakes and the story was not going anywhere. The Estuary Key tied to Sunny's soul was enigmatic at first but quickly lost it's allure. What drew me in for the first half of this volume was the world building. Although i didn't like how Sunny was trapped in the island and were relaxing most of the time. I started to get good, when we met Ananke. Probably my favourite character in this arc. She legitimised the head cannon that nightmare spell and the path to ascendancy are different and humans can ascend without needing the help of it. Although we knew this, it was refreshing to get the confirmation. We get to know more about the river people and what stood out is how their age is tied to a location. Pretty interesting world building so far. All throughout the journey Ananke is with our heroes guiding them until we see a time storm. Losing Ananke was hurtful, this was a single most emotional peak in this volume. I'm glad Sunny and Nephis were with her till the end.

Once they reached Fallen Grace, we find our original cohort is complete with the addition of Cassie. I was always a bit weary of her but author did a quite fine job of relegating her to the background. Cassie had been manipulating fate from the background throughout the whole time, but we/Sunny were blind to it. Regardless, the volume didn't get good until we reached Wind Flower. The island surrounded by a whirlpool put me in a loop. We see Sunny failing many a times. The seeds of an idea of how time is repeated in the Great River is introduced here. There is interesting knowledge to be found in the lone tower where Wind Rose dwelt. We get to know about other worlds which is consumed by the nightmare spells similar to ours. This is where the Serpent King came from, a Supreme no less. After making a promise to conquer the nightmare and collecting two more members Jet and Effie who is pregnant, we go on to the final stretch of the journey. There is not much to speak about in Twilight, there is non-action fighting the Dreadlord which was cool to see. I'm starting to think Nephis is too overpowered.

When they sped up to Verge with Kai and Mordret, Cassie seemingly is up to something. We literally have a nuke dropped on our heads learning how far Cassie had planned out everything behind the scenes, all to give a chance for Sunny to break fate. As we know Sunny, he literally cannot wait to be free of chains, he sails away in Ketch. It was good to finally see Sin of Solace disappear in the most fitting way. There was yet more interesting lore in the heart of Estuary where we witnessed how things came to be. Who are the Demons. Who is the forgotten god and why are the demons forbidden from having a lineage. Speaking of lineage, We finally see the result of being tied to forbidden lineage, Sunny was Fated to meet the Vile Thieving Bird as he has the Blood of Ichor while being strengthened by the Weavers lineage to boot. It was an interesting fallout of being free from Fate. Although this arc has a perfect ending, i wonder where things will go now. All the character dynamics are lost since no one remembers Sunny anymore. Maybe we get to know a whole new cast of characters. This has been a very enjoyable volume. I cannot wait to consume the rest.

[stewzin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno, este me dejo muy dubitativo pq por un lado la tercera pesadilla fue 10 puntos, pero al mismo tiempo siento como que se hizo muy extensa y hasta cierto punto un toque capaz innecesario que se haya expandido tanto en ciertos momentos, no voy a nombrar ninguna situacion por los spoilers pero habia escenas que se podian haber omitido o capaz hacer mas cortas, otra cosa que aun no me hace click es el personaje de nephis, entiendo que tuvo una infancia dura y bla bla bla, pero el autor la hizo recontra autista man, llega un punto que medio aburre que la pobre no tenga nada de desarrollo, el unico desarrollo que tiene es que de alguna forma o otra siempre hace que sea mas fuerte que sunny en cualquier contexto, cosa que no es una queja pero tambien en la historia vemos como sunny se recontra mata entrenando para ser mas fuerte y mejorar pero despues llega esta otra y de una autistada ya es mas fuerte que sunny, tipo que carajos, despues ya ni voy a mencionar el entrevero que tengo con lo del pasaje del tiempo, los loops y esas cosas que simplemente me bugean el cerebro, en resumen este libro cambio mi top de personajes y es asi ahora: 1 sunny, 2 cassie, 3 kai, 4 nephis, 5 jet y como mencion de honor a modret y effie (el autor se fue al carajo con este personaje eh)

[Manpreet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peak story, lore and character development. Great writing overall, but the pacing was SLOW, and I hated the ending. I'm trying to keep an open mind on this one, since I know the author is competent, but the ending made me very uncomfortable. The whole "no one remembers me" plotline basically removes all the character dynamics we've seen develop over 1584 chapters. The loss of the nightmare spell is another BIG ouch. I'm hoping the author pulls through, which I'm sure he will, but right now this sucks. If this is the price for freedom, then I guess choosing one's chains is better 😪💔

[Kamajo Rodak · Rating 5 out of 5]

O.M.G. THE WHOLE 3TH NIGHTMARE WAS CRAZY, THE WHOLE FACT THAT EVERYTHING WAS A LOOP AND THE COHORT NEEDED TO KILL THIER EVIL COUNTERPARTS WAS CRAZY GOOD, THE SIN OF SOLICE WAS THE BEST VILLANISH CHARACTER THERE AND THE FACT THAT IT ALWAYS KNEWS JUST KILLED ME WHEN READING IT. I LOVED THE WHOLE VOLUME, ESPECIALLY THE FIGHT WITH LORD OF DREAD. ALSO WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE ENDING???? SO GOOD.

[Kevin McClelland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still going strong!

I'm still really enjoying this series. Seven books in and I can't wait to see what happens next! So many interesting things happening in this world and the characters are still very intriguing
I will be moving onto the next book right away and I would definitely recommend this series to anyone who enjoys any of the related genres!

[Alan Leonardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gustó la verdad, hubo veces en que era confuso pero metiendo el tiempo, el pasado y futuro siempre será confuso, es de los mejores libros de fantasía que he leído y aunque no son muchos hasta ahora, ocupa un lugar fuerte en mi top

[Tuan Hiep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Câu chuyện về Third nightmare ở quyển 7 này thực sự vô cùng ấn tượng với mình, cách bố cục, sắp xếp về Third nightmare mở ra hướng đi mới cho câu chuyện. Các phục bút từ những quyển trước được giải quyết, đồng thời cũng để lại nhiều phục bút mới. Rất hi vọng vào nội dung tiếp theo của truyện.

[Aidan Santana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best arc or second one imo the best of the series

[Durian Jaykin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Choose your chains wisely.

[Jin Taiyang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume made me feel like I was 2000 pages 😮‍💨 Amazing world building, great character developments, many Mordret scenes, but the plot of this volume was almost boring 😔

[Ahahahaha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a masterpiece and I'm crying!!!!! You can't understand how good this story is Omgggg

[Eszter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing book with a gut punch of an ending however the middle dragged on for too long and felt a bit unnecessary in certain parts.

[Amanda Pires · Rating 4 out of 5]

masterpiece me destruiu esse final

[Readiot · Rating 5 out of 5]

super good

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was long volume but it had heartbreaking moments. The planning of it was great too.
I had doubts about the quality after Forgotten Shore but this one was almost as good as it.

[Nanjiba Noor · Rating 5 out of 5]

fuck you
all the developments are gone. it will never be the same. why did you do this?

[Klaro Leon · Rating 5 out of 5]

comment c'est possible d'avoir une fin pareil ??
auteur, assassin !!

je lui en veux tellement

[Rayvn Whyt · Rating 5 out of 5]

June 2026
The intensity doesn't let up, but it fits!

[Firo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Score: 4.5/5

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 7: The Tomb of Ariel, chapters 1231 to 1590.

[✧ Max ✧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je comprends pas les critiques qui disent que l'auteur ne sait plus où aller après l'arc Démon de l'Antarctique, j'ai trouvé le tome super complet et complexe, prometteur et createur de curiosité pour la suite et la fin est une énorme preuve que G3 veut emmener son œuvre loin, la développer et prendre des risques et pas se reposer sur un status quo positif et simple à continuer mais paresseux