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Shards and Shadows: The Dream Gem Saga part one
In the port city of Outbay, five unlikely adventurers come together in search of coin, purpose, and escape. A half-giant priest, a haunted tabaxi rogue, a warlock with secrets of his own, a bard chasing a legacy, and a fighter bound to a troubled noble family—they become entangled in a web of guild politics, urban corruption, and growing unrest.
What begins as a simple rat hunt in the Underbrine unravels into something far darker. Signs of ancient magic and necrotic power lead them from the sewers to the fields, to the wilds beyond, and into the crumbling edges of civilization. Along the way they form bonds, confront monsters born of shadow, and witness the rise of a forgotten evil.
In the town of Mires, a child goes missing and the sky never clears. Beneath its soil, old tombs stir with undead echoes, and the past claws its way into the present. When a boy named Billy is found at the center of a terrible ritual, the party is forced to confront both necrotic horror and the truth about who they’ve become—and what it means to carry power and memory through a world still healing from old wounds.
Bonds are broken. Sacrifices are made. Not all who walk the Thunder road return.
Shards and Shadows is an adaptation of a beloved tabletop roleplaying campaign—a story forged by friends, shaped by dice rolls and wild choices, and now transformed into an epic tale of grief, resilience, and the small acts of hope that push back against the dark.
What begins as a simple rat hunt in the Underbrine unravels into something far darker. Signs of ancient magic and necrotic power lead them from the sewers to the fields, to the wilds beyond, and into the crumbling edges of civilization. Along the way they form bonds, confront monsters born of shadow, and witness the rise of a forgotten evil.
In the town of Mires, a child goes missing and the sky never clears. Beneath its soil, old tombs stir with undead echoes, and the past claws its way into the present. When a boy named Billy is found at the center of a terrible ritual, the party is forced to confront both necrotic horror and the truth about who they’ve become—and what it means to carry power and memory through a world still healing from old wounds.
Bonds are broken. Sacrifices are made. Not all who walk the Thunder road return.
Shards and Shadows is an adaptation of a beloved tabletop roleplaying campaign—a story forged by friends, shaped by dice rolls and wild choices, and now transformed into an epic tale of grief, resilience, and the small acts of hope that push back against the dark.
161 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 25, 2025
About the author
Liam Carroll
8 books4 followersI was born in Sydney at the regally named Royal North Shore Hospital in 1980. Everything from that point on is somewhat of a mystery. I've written books and screenplays, traded oil and gold, surfed in funky places where no one goes, worked as a physiotherapist, completed studies in science, finance and screenwriting and, on the whole, I've been a very lucky boy. Not always, but far too often to ever have anything to whinge about. Happy reading! And best of luck with your writing for everyone brave enough to put pen to page and see where it leads them. Oh, and of course, don't trust anything you read, ever! Least of all if I wrote it! Make up your own mind about anything and everything with any and every piece of evidence and intuition you can, and you'll always be in the rarified air of people I love talking to. Cheers, Liam Carroll
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