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Eclipse: Book Five in the Shadows Series
ARE YOU EVER YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY?
An apocalyptic war rages between the human and Shadow worlds. Griffin, leading a small but legendary ragtag group known as the GSA, is desperately campaigning for the two worlds to live in peace.
However when Eclipse, Griffin’s own super-powerful Shadow, turns up in the base, the stakes are raised dangerously high. Eclipse no longer believes that humans and Shadows belong together, and Griffin fears that Eclipse may be turned spy for the Empire, putting everything that he’s created at risk.
Griffin must use all of his wit and duplicity to determine if his other half is now his best friend or his worst enemy... not knowing that the answer will finally decide the future of both worlds.
Eclipse is the fifth book in the Shadows series, a saga of unlikely friendship between human and monster, set against the backdrop of a darkly thrilling mystery.
Interview with the Author
Q: Is it true you started writing the Shadows Series when you were nine?
A: It is! I think it was around that time that I started feeling the lonely feeling, that sensation of missing something, but I wasn’t quite sure what. So I started telling Shadows as bedtime stories to my godsister, and it grew from there. I wrote countless drafts in the back of the class at school, and when I was fourteen I tried to get it published. It took a wee bit longer than that for it to get out into the world, but it feels so good that it’s here now and people are reading it and each having their own unique experience of it.
Q: If you had to compare Shadows to something, what would you compare it to?
A: I hear people saying it reminds them slightly of Saturday morning cartoons, and it definitely carries that inspiration; I grew up with Beyblades, Pokémon and those sorts of anime on TV, and also those old movies on VHS like Dragon World, where the young human befriends a magical creature. Personally I think those comparisons exist because the soul-linked magical creature thing, what I like to call “monster buddy” fiction, is less of a genre these days- so I’m hoping that Shadows helps bring it back! I’d love more authors to be putting out books like that so I can read them.
Q: So what other genres does Shadows fall into?
A: It’s a young adult thriller, amongst good company like the Hunger Games, the Maze Runner and the Chaos Walking Trilogy. It’s definitely fantasy/science fiction, but it’s based in our own modern time. I see it as less a typical fantasy adventure quest, and more so a thriller where the characters are running for their lives, being hunted, trying to survive just long enough to unravel whatever the heck the conspiracy is they’ve gotten themselves caught up in. It’s emotional, thrilling, laugh-out-loud (I hope), and a lot of fun.
Q: Be honest. Is Griffin Cameron based on you?
A: No. He’s much shorter.
Q: Anything else to add?
A: Read Shadows for Cirrus, the Fruit-Loops loving, slightly unhinged dragon-parrot. See, you’ve got to read it now.
Thanks for reading!
An apocalyptic war rages between the human and Shadow worlds. Griffin, leading a small but legendary ragtag group known as the GSA, is desperately campaigning for the two worlds to live in peace.
However when Eclipse, Griffin’s own super-powerful Shadow, turns up in the base, the stakes are raised dangerously high. Eclipse no longer believes that humans and Shadows belong together, and Griffin fears that Eclipse may be turned spy for the Empire, putting everything that he’s created at risk.
Griffin must use all of his wit and duplicity to determine if his other half is now his best friend or his worst enemy... not knowing that the answer will finally decide the future of both worlds.
Eclipse is the fifth book in the Shadows series, a saga of unlikely friendship between human and monster, set against the backdrop of a darkly thrilling mystery.
Interview with the Author
Q: Is it true you started writing the Shadows Series when you were nine?
A: It is! I think it was around that time that I started feeling the lonely feeling, that sensation of missing something, but I wasn’t quite sure what. So I started telling Shadows as bedtime stories to my godsister, and it grew from there. I wrote countless drafts in the back of the class at school, and when I was fourteen I tried to get it published. It took a wee bit longer than that for it to get out into the world, but it feels so good that it’s here now and people are reading it and each having their own unique experience of it.
Q: If you had to compare Shadows to something, what would you compare it to?
A: I hear people saying it reminds them slightly of Saturday morning cartoons, and it definitely carries that inspiration; I grew up with Beyblades, Pokémon and those sorts of anime on TV, and also those old movies on VHS like Dragon World, where the young human befriends a magical creature. Personally I think those comparisons exist because the soul-linked magical creature thing, what I like to call “monster buddy” fiction, is less of a genre these days- so I’m hoping that Shadows helps bring it back! I’d love more authors to be putting out books like that so I can read them.
Q: So what other genres does Shadows fall into?
A: It’s a young adult thriller, amongst good company like the Hunger Games, the Maze Runner and the Chaos Walking Trilogy. It’s definitely fantasy/science fiction, but it’s based in our own modern time. I see it as less a typical fantasy adventure quest, and more so a thriller where the characters are running for their lives, being hunted, trying to survive just long enough to unravel whatever the heck the conspiracy is they’ve gotten themselves caught up in. It’s emotional, thrilling, laugh-out-loud (I hope), and a lot of fun.
Q: Be honest. Is Griffin Cameron based on you?
A: No. He’s much shorter.
Q: Anything else to add?
A: Read Shadows for Cirrus, the Fruit-Loops loving, slightly unhinged dragon-parrot. See, you’ve got to read it now.
Thanks for reading!
506 pages, Paperback
Published January 2, 2020
5 people want to read
About the author
Sam Blood
10 books33 followersSam Blood lives in Auckland, New Zealand, where he spends his days writing urban fantasy, eating, and trying to impress his spectacular Sri Lankan lawyer wife with plot twists. He started writing the first book about magical creatures called Shadows when he was nine years old, and frankly, things have spiralled out of control ever since. If you enjoyed his books, he’d really appreciate a quick rating or review—reviews help indie authors get seen! www.sambloodauthor.com www.instagram.com/sambloodauthor www.facebook.com/sambloodauthor
Dive into the Shadows universe with my other books:
Counterpart Academy: (Young Adult, Urban Fantasy)
A Warrior So Clever and Cursed (Prequel)
A School so Gorgeous and Fatal
A Princess so Noble and Vengeful
The Shadows Series: (Young Adult, Portal Fantasy)
Shadows
Raven
Cameron
Majestic
Eclipse
Winghold
Dive into the Shadows universe with my other books:
Counterpart Academy: (Young Adult, Urban Fantasy)
A Warrior So Clever and Cursed (Prequel)
A School so Gorgeous and Fatal
A Princess so Noble and Vengeful
The Shadows Series: (Young Adult, Portal Fantasy)
Shadows
Raven
Cameron
Majestic
Eclipse
Winghold
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January 28, 2023
Huge climax
The book where everything is pulled together. All the plots from the previous books converge and the stakes have never been higher. The world (both of them) is at war, and you can never be sure who is on whose side. A totally wild ride with a fantastic ending. Can't wait to see what happens with Raven and Winter in the next book, their set up and ending was amazing.
The book where everything is pulled together. All the plots from the previous books converge and the stakes have never been higher. The world (both of them) is at war, and you can never be sure who is on whose side. A totally wild ride with a fantastic ending. Can't wait to see what happens with Raven and Winter in the next book, their set up and ending was amazing.
October 17, 2023
Wow. That was such an intense, wild ride. And I have a lot of feelings.
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