The Shadow Within

Some shadows hide monsters. Hers might save the world.

Seventeen-year-old pickpocket Elara has spent her life running from the madness that took her parents. But the darkness she fears isn't a curse—it's a calling.

When a rogue shadow leads her to Corvus, one of the last surviving Shadow Weavers, Elara discovers a hidden world of ancient magic and deadly secrets. Under his tutelage, she finally finds a place where she belongs, surrounded by other hunted elemental mages.

But safety is an illusion.

The Order of the Radiant Dawn, a fanatical legion of knights, is hunting Weavers to extinction. Worse, a primordial entity known as the Void Sovereign is waking from its centuries-old prison. It doesn't just want to destroy the physical world—it wants Elara to be the vessel that breaks it free.

Torn between a holy order that wants her dead and a dark god that wants her soul, Elara must master her volatile magic before the realm is swallowed by the abyss. But fighting the dark comes with a terrible price, and the only way to cage a monster might be to let it inside.

The Shadow Within is a gripping, fast-paced fantasy novella perfect for fans of dark magic, found family, and reluctant heroes forced to make impossible choices.