Shadow Born

by Mande Matthews

She was born of the Shadow. Now he will claim her. The Shadow hunts. He feels those born with his dark touch, and he seeks them for his evil bidding. With dark magic brewing inside, young Ginna must find safety for an unwanted child also born with Shadow magic. With the help of a runaway slave, the two must keep the newborn alive while escaping the clutches of ruthless bounty hunters, betrayers who would sell them for a pouch of silver, and the Shadow himself who will stop at nothing to claim both Ginna and the infant as his own. Shadow Born is a stand-alone novel in Mande Matthews' internationally bestselling series, the ShadowLight Saga.

275 pages, Hardcover

Published October 31, 2025

About the author

Mande Matthews is the author of the ShadowLight Saga. Her debut novel is "Bonded" - book one of the ya epic fantasy trilogy. A free prequel to the ShadowLight Saga, entitled "The LightKeepers" is now available for free at most online retailers.

While attending a performing arts college for writing and arranging, Mande discovered Joseph Cambell's Masks of God series. Her desire to understand humanity through myth and legend mingled with her love of fantasy fiction, birthing her life-long quest to create original new worlds for readers.

A hermit at heart, Mande recedes into the realms of imagination where she occasionally surfaces to face the real world aided by her minions: a husband who plays the dog drum (the belly of their border collie), and a menagerie of furred, feathered and mostly magical friends.