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Shade: Necromancer Rising: A Dark Fantasy Necromancer Saga
In the depths of a shadowed city, a dark elf necromancer dares to chase immortality.
Shade, a cunning scholar of death magic, will risk everything to collect the scattered grimoires of the ancient lich Zarethul. Armed with forbidden knowledge, his spectral cat Malixia, and the blades of deadly allies—including a seductive assassin, a brutal orc warrior, and a demon who watches from the dark—Shade begins a perilous ascent toward lichdom. But power always demands a price. Betrayal, ancient horrors, and the whispers of Zarethul himself stalk Shade’s path. In a world where death is only the beginning, can Shade hold onto his soul—or will he lose himself to the darkness he seeks to command?
Shade, a cunning scholar of death magic, will risk everything to collect the scattered grimoires of the ancient lich Zarethul. Armed with forbidden knowledge, his spectral cat Malixia, and the blades of deadly allies—including a seductive assassin, a brutal orc warrior, and a demon who watches from the dark—Shade begins a perilous ascent toward lichdom. But power always demands a price. Betrayal, ancient horrors, and the whispers of Zarethul himself stalk Shade’s path. In a world where death is only the beginning, can Shade hold onto his soul—or will he lose himself to the darkness he seeks to command?
380 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 21, 2025
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February 8, 2026
This sword and sorcery fantasy captured my interest, starting out when the hero of the book, Shade of House Mizzrym and his invisible cat familiar, Malixia, join temporary forces with House Valthorne's triad of brigands to search for and retrieve the legendary necromantic codex - The Book of Endless Twilight.
The problem is the book is in the legendary Weeping Caves, in the Netherdeep, and guarded by Sythia the Broodmother, a half-dark elf, half-spider voidspawn who will happily eat anyone who gets close enough.
Shade, taking out an insurance policy, enlists the help of an old frenemy Ashara who owes him a debt and is as dangerous as she is beautiful.
They find the codex...and it's voracious protector who proceeds to do what she does best. Our hero escapes, barely, with help, only to find there are more books he must find to understand the whole. And the quest continues, with all sorts of evil things trying to outwit Shade who is a LOT more than he seems as well. Making use of undead allies, and overcoming riddles, orbs, wards, undead cobras and worse, Shade and his allies open a portal and the path to the next tomes in the codex.
Skull Mountain with goblins, frostmaws and frozen titans await....book two in the series.
The problem is the book is in the legendary Weeping Caves, in the Netherdeep, and guarded by Sythia the Broodmother, a half-dark elf, half-spider voidspawn who will happily eat anyone who gets close enough.
Shade, taking out an insurance policy, enlists the help of an old frenemy Ashara who owes him a debt and is as dangerous as she is beautiful.
They find the codex...and it's voracious protector who proceeds to do what she does best. Our hero escapes, barely, with help, only to find there are more books he must find to understand the whole. And the quest continues, with all sorts of evil things trying to outwit Shade who is a LOT more than he seems as well. Making use of undead allies, and overcoming riddles, orbs, wards, undead cobras and worse, Shade and his allies open a portal and the path to the next tomes in the codex.
Skull Mountain with goblins, frostmaws and frozen titans await....book two in the series.
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