Devon Sanders, a private investigator known for his efficiency and discretion, is determined to unearth the secrets of the paranormal university, Quintessence. As the truth of his own past is revealed, he learns that some secrets are better left in the dark.
When a strange sickness spreads through the school, the evidence points to someone Devon never expected. As the university and its students are threatened, it may be time for Quintessence to redesign the rules of the paranormal community. To save the students, Devon must race against time to stop an enemy that is as elusive… as a shadow.
Magic is elemental.
Genre: FICTION / Fantasy / ParanormalI saw her running, heard her panting breaths, smelled the blood seeping from the wound across her waist, and felt her heart hammering in her chest. I wasn’t seeing through her eyes or mine. I sensed the location of the dark street because she knew where she was. It was dark and raining. The streets had bad drainage systems, so water pooled at her ankles. It was just a few degrees away from snowing. Her wound hurt. Exhaustion and blood loss made her legs weak, but she had to keep running. It was all she could do.
She was prey. Someone was after her; someone who knew her strengths and weaknesses. He was a killer by nature and by profession. Her wound was slowing her down because she was losing blood too fast.
She tripped over a pipe sticking out of the road and fell heavily into the water. Without enough energy to even stand back up, she propped herself against the brick wall of the building. An abandoned grocery store. Ironic, she thought, because she was starving.
The street light about ten feet away, which was the only light remaining in the city, flickered out. Shadows prowled easily now, invisible to all but my eyes. As the light faded for the human eye, my vision accommodated. I could see perfectly in the dark and the rain, as light seemed to reflect from surfaces.
Nothing was in color, but I could see what was warm, what was cold, what was alive, and what shouldn’t have existed at all. Shadows moved; dark shapes which absorbed the light that only my eyes could detect. I could identify them easily against the inanimate, physical reality that the living saw. What preyed in the dark was not a living being.
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Translated by Camille Fankhauser
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Author review: Another awesome translation! Camille is awesome to work with, very professional, and an excellent translator! |
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Italian
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Translated by Valentina Impellizzeri
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Translated by Natalia Steckel
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