Night's Shadow

The Sepherene Chronicles #3

by Daniel Beazley

As Lucius continues on his journey, carrying the heavy burden of another, he finds himself closer to uncovering the mystery of his past. But it is only when the shadow of night gets darker and their enemies ever more powerful that he truly realises how much he has come to rely upon his companion, Sepherene.

By chance Lucius finds and rescues Herane, the attractive preacher he met on Delphin and hasn’t been able to forget since. He soon realises that she has the ability to uncover the truth about what happened to his family but can Lucius bear to discover if he really was responsible for their murder? And there is still the debt to pay in Geryon but horrors beyond imagining lurk in wait in the deepest void of space. As he and his companions journey there, it would seem that Sepherene may have met her match in the shape of The Devourer, Deinos, a fallen angel who has grotesquely augmented himself with drone-tech and human parts. Is Lucius and Sepherene’s quest about to end in failure?

Night’s Shadow is the third instalment in the Sepherene Chronicles, where blood is thicker than water and obscures the truth with uncertainty.

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First published March 1, 2015

About the author

Daniel Beazley was born and raised in the South West of England. Growing up he became captivated and drawn into the World of fantasy courtesy of the writings of Tolkien, Feist, Gemmell, Lewis, Livingstone and Dever. These together with films like Conan, Red Sonja, The Dark Crystal, Willow and Krull, truly inspired him to want to join the creative journey that is fantasy.

He began writing in 1996 whilst spending some time in the sunny climes of Sicily. This continued periodically whilst working in the Army and then the Police; living in various parts of the country as well as overseas.

In 2012, after winning a short story competition for the Fantasy Faction Anthology about an orc and goblin he decided that there were more adventures that needed to be told. Six months later the first book of the Trivial Trials series, ‘Goblins Know Best’, was complete and ready for publishing.

Daniel now lives with his family in the rural countryside of Devon.

Reviews

[Yvonne]

In Night's Shadow we finally get some answers to all our questions - the most important one is probably Lucius' past and wheather he killed his wife and children or not. But of course I won't tell you anything about it, if you want to know you'll just have to read the book!

Again, I really liked the action scenes and the fallen angels we met throughout the book. I actually grew to like Holus, even though we didn't even know much about him. He just seemed to be interesting and the fact that he's a Watcher made me curious and left me wanting to know more about him. Oh well, didn't get the chance though. *sigh*

I wish there would be more of a connection between Lucius and Sepherene. I mean, they share his body and of course they talk a lot but ... I wish it would be a bit more personal. I know Sepherene isn't really capable of emotions but Lucius changed her as well, so I'm desperate for some deeper, emotional talks between them and hope I get them in the last book, Dawn of Hope.