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Shadow Mage
The world is unraveling, and time is running out.
Magic is breaking, monsters are roaming the land, and in just a few short weeks, the bargain Finn made will come due. A demon is coming to claim his body, and with it, the last hope for restoring balance to their fractured country.
But that’s not Finn’s only problem. Kel, his once-trusted ally, has uncovered shocking truths about their lineage, and their bond is fraying under the weight of opposing visions for the future. While Finn is trying to unite the country and save the school he built to bridge the gap between mages and non-mages, Kel believes the answers lie elsewhere—and their disagreement might tear everything apart.
And then there’s Sarai. A socially anxious assassin sent to kill Finn, Sarai’s mission is complicated not only by the fact that he can’t die but also by the fact she has to pose as a student—an ordeal almost worse than her assignment itself. Ironically, her presence may be the only thing that can help Finn confront the demon as his time runs out.
With magic on the brink of collapse and an impossible deadline looming, Finn must face hard truths about himself, his world, and the price of the future he’s been trying to build.
Join Finn, Kel, and Sarai in Shadow Mage, the thrilling continuation of the Shadows of Magic series, where strained relationships, ancient bargains, and the fate of magic itself collide.
Magic is breaking, monsters are roaming the land, and in just a few short weeks, the bargain Finn made will come due. A demon is coming to claim his body, and with it, the last hope for restoring balance to their fractured country.
But that’s not Finn’s only problem. Kel, his once-trusted ally, has uncovered shocking truths about their lineage, and their bond is fraying under the weight of opposing visions for the future. While Finn is trying to unite the country and save the school he built to bridge the gap between mages and non-mages, Kel believes the answers lie elsewhere—and their disagreement might tear everything apart.
And then there’s Sarai. A socially anxious assassin sent to kill Finn, Sarai’s mission is complicated not only by the fact that he can’t die but also by the fact she has to pose as a student—an ordeal almost worse than her assignment itself. Ironically, her presence may be the only thing that can help Finn confront the demon as his time runs out.
With magic on the brink of collapse and an impossible deadline looming, Finn must face hard truths about himself, his world, and the price of the future he’s been trying to build.
Join Finn, Kel, and Sarai in Shadow Mage, the thrilling continuation of the Shadows of Magic series, where strained relationships, ancient bargains, and the fate of magic itself collide.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 26, 2020
About the author
Sarah McCarthy
5 books10 followersSarah McCarthy lives in the woods on an island in a place with no cell service. Internet arrives by squirrel.
She grew up devouring everything by authors like Tamora Pierce and Stephen King, and spending hours filling notebooks with the beginnings of stories. Every week in summers she'd leave the library with a truly optimistically high stack of books.
There's nothing she likes more than getting lost in a well told story. Except maybe getting actually lost on a walk. Temporarily.
She hopes her stories give you fond memories, and that you find yourself uncomfortably rooting for her villains.
She grew up devouring everything by authors like Tamora Pierce and Stephen King, and spending hours filling notebooks with the beginnings of stories. Every week in summers she'd leave the library with a truly optimistically high stack of books.
There's nothing she likes more than getting lost in a well told story. Except maybe getting actually lost on a walk. Temporarily.
She hopes her stories give you fond memories, and that you find yourself uncomfortably rooting for her villains.
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June 30, 2020
Sarai is an assassin with a job to do. Unfortunately, her target is a mage named Finn, and he just won't die. Even though Sarai may fail her latest job, she finds something she has never had with the students at the school for mages. I loved these characters. I thought they were all well written, compelling, and sometimes hysterically funny. Each and every one of them have been rejected by their families and friends so they have come to the school for mages to learn to control their powers, where they find a different kind of family. I thought this was a fascinating, and fun read, with plenty of unexpected, exciting, and comical twists in the plot, I really enjoyed this remarkable book, I didn't want to put it down.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
July 31, 2020
Shadow Mage
Good book first one was better somehow or maybe my mind set is different . The end is a surprise, guess it means getting number three. The series is good so won't be a hardship to read. Thank you Sarah for showing a different kind of earth.
Good book first one was better somehow or maybe my mind set is different . The end is a surprise, guess it means getting number three. The series is good so won't be a hardship to read. Thank you Sarah for showing a different kind of earth.
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