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Child of Shadows

Witness the rise of the Shadow Slave in this gritty, dark fantasy adventure where a nameless street rat must rise to challenge the gods themselves.

Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened — an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers.

Transported into a ruined magical world, he finds himself facing off against terrible monsters and other Awakened in a deadly battle of survival.

What’s worse, the shadow powers he received happen to possess a small and potentially fatal side effect. But that won’t stop him. Born a slave. Destined for the grave. He chooses to survive.

No matter the cost…

One of the most popular web-serials of all time, Shadow Slave has more than 250 million reads and listens. Shadow Slave is the #1 most-read series on Webnovel with more than 102 million reads and thousands of 5-star ratings. Now, the hit series gets a new life and progresses to a deluxe hardcover edition with Book 1: Child Of Shadows!

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Aethon Books is one of the fastest growing publishers in the United States, best known for series such as He Who Fights with Monsters, The Primal Hunter, Defiance of the Fall, Drop Trooper, Grimm’s War, and more. 

With numerous Amazon Top Charts and #1 Audible bestsellers, Aethon is bringing you some of the biggest hits in LitRPG. We are also partners with Vault Comics and one of WEBTOON’s most prolific western partners, adapting bestselling series such as Dungeon Crawler Carl and Return of the Runebound Professor to the webcomic medium.

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