Cast a Cold Shadow
(2026)(The third book in the Shade the Collector series)
A novel by Douglas Lumsden
Shade vs. Shades
Deadly phantoms stand in the way of Benedict Shade’s quest to ‘collect’ (i.e., ‘steal’) an exotic magical artifact that could lead him to the fulfillment of his lifelong ambition: locating the prison of the legendary Earthmaker. But ghosts are not Shade’s only problem. A mysterious necromancer would like him to give up his quest. The police would like to frame him for murder. A government witch would like to send him to a labor camp in the frozen North. A dead woman from his checkered past would like to drag him kicking and screaming to her own private underworld. And on top of everything else, Shade’s new girlfriend wants him to give up burglary! It might be more than a shapeshifting were-cat can stand – or survive!
Genre: Horror
Deadly phantoms stand in the way of Benedict Shade’s quest to ‘collect’ (i.e., ‘steal’) an exotic magical artifact that could lead him to the fulfillment of his lifelong ambition: locating the prison of the legendary Earthmaker. But ghosts are not Shade’s only problem. A mysterious necromancer would like him to give up his quest. The police would like to frame him for murder. A government witch would like to send him to a labor camp in the frozen North. A dead woman from his checkered past would like to drag him kicking and screaming to her own private underworld. And on top of everything else, Shade’s new girlfriend wants him to give up burglary! It might be more than a shapeshifting were-cat can stand – or survive!
Genre: Horror