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To Walk in Shadow: A Tale of Metamor City
Lightbringer Agent Clyde Jessup is assigned to escort the fallen god Ba'al on a diplomatic mission to Metamor. While hanging around with the Prince of Shadow is never a Lightbringer's idea of a good time, things rapidly get more complicated when Ba'al agrees to help Majestrix Kyia with a thorny geopolitical problem. Soon Agent Jessup finds himself walking into the dark and deadly Plane of Shadow. What he finds there will test his courage, his resolve, and his sanity. A shadowy tale of fantasy and cosmic horror in the world of Metamor City.
- GenresHorror
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Published December 24, 2015
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About the author
Chris Lester
32 books47 followersHi there! I'm Chris Lester, and I tell stories. I've been doing it for as long as I can remember; whether the audience was a playmate, a classroom, a parent, or a room full of strangers, I've always had a soft spot for a tale well told.
I grew up on stories of places that never were, of science fiction and fantasy, heroes and gods. I was captivated by ideas of transformation and transcendence, of people who passed out of the world of the ordinary and into a world where the impossible could happen. While it was the spectacle and wonder of these stories that gripped me first, as I grew older I came to appreciate them for another reason: by taking us out of our mundane context, these authors could tackle ideas and quandaries that would otherwise be too close for the reader's comfort. Authors like Tolkien and Heinlein and Card may have written stories filled with impossible things, but the stories were ABOUT ideas and problems at the heart of human experience. They were stories about people -- and whether those people were hobbits or Martians or nine-year-old military masterminds, there was Truth to be found in these stories that could be of value to us today.
It's my hope that my own stories inspire you to think about these deeper issues, as well -- and give you a rollicking good time in the process.
If you'd like to say hello, come check out my Discord server: https://discord.gg/PFHVVNp
I grew up on stories of places that never were, of science fiction and fantasy, heroes and gods. I was captivated by ideas of transformation and transcendence, of people who passed out of the world of the ordinary and into a world where the impossible could happen. While it was the spectacle and wonder of these stories that gripped me first, as I grew older I came to appreciate them for another reason: by taking us out of our mundane context, these authors could tackle ideas and quandaries that would otherwise be too close for the reader's comfort. Authors like Tolkien and Heinlein and Card may have written stories filled with impossible things, but the stories were ABOUT ideas and problems at the heart of human experience. They were stories about people -- and whether those people were hobbits or Martians or nine-year-old military masterminds, there was Truth to be found in these stories that could be of value to us today.
It's my hope that my own stories inspire you to think about these deeper issues, as well -- and give you a rollicking good time in the process.
If you'd like to say hello, come check out my Discord server: https://discord.gg/PFHVVNp
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February 7, 2016
This is one of the darker Metamor City stories, one of the most powerful ones, and one of my favorites (as of when I listened to it in 2015). Ba'al is a fascinating, compelling character, and learning about him, his following, and the Plane of Shadow throughout the narrative kept me hooked. Seeing everything in Shadow from Clyde's outsider perspective makes for quite an interesting journey. This story has led to some very interesting conversation on the concepts of good and evil, law and chaos, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys speculative fiction with some darkness to it.
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