The Wounded Shadow: The Darkwater: Book 4

by Patrick W. Carr

The armies of the north surround the Darkwater, hoping to contain its evil. But the enemy has planted gold within its streams to lure the greedy and reckless into its shadow, there to enslave them. Willet and the rest of the Vigil work to understand the nature of its evil, but they must fight an ever-growing army that move with the speed of the gifted.

With all other hopes eliminated, Willet works to call the Fayit to aid them against an immortal enemy. Desperate to unlock the knowledge hidden in Willet's mind, Pellin journeys to the southern continent, but he races against time as the boundaries of the Darkwater grow, and more are swept into its evil influence each day.

601 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 5, 2025

About the author

Patrick Carr was born on an Air Force base in West Germany at the height of the cold war. He has been told this was not his fault. As an Air Force brat, he experienced a change in locale every three years until his father retired to Tennessee. Patrick saw more of the world on his own through a varied and somewhat eclectic education and work history. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1984 and has worked as a draftsman at a nuclear plant, did design work for the Air Force, worked for a printing company, and consulted as an engineer. Patrick’s day gig for the last eighteen years has been teaching high school math in Nashville, TN. He currently makes his home in Nashville with his wonderfully patient wife, Mary. Patrick and Mary have four sons who are living their own adventures all across the country. Patrick thinks writing about himself in the third person is kind of weird.