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 221 million reads and listens. Shadow Slave is the #1 most-read series on Webnovel with more than 95 million reads and thousands of 5-star ratings. Shadow Slave also boasts more than 126 million listens on PocketFM. Now, the hit series gets a new life and progresses to a deluxe hardcover edition with Book 1: Child Of Shadows!
"One of my favorite new reads! The world and magic system design are unbelievably intricate and impressive, and at each turn I couldn't wait to see what was around the corner." —Will Wight (New York Times bestselling author of Cradle)
About the Series: A dark progression fantasy series known for its deep world-building and complex power system. It follows the story of a shadow-ability wielding young man named Sunny as he navigates a brutal world where humanity must battle terrifying creatures in a nightmare realm to survive. Sunny is a calculating anti-hero who relies on intelligence and adaptability rather than raw power.
For fans of: He Who Fights With Monsters, Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Solo Leveling, Overlord, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Cradle, Red Rising, Shadow & Bone, The Beginning After the End, and Lord of the Mysteries.
Guiltythree es el seudónimo de un escritor especializado en fantasía serializada y diseño narrativo. Antes de dedicarse profesionalmente a la escritura, recibió una formación clásica y trabajó como guionista de videojuegos y diseñador narrativo, experiencia que posteriormente trasladó a la literatura de progresión fantástica. El autor comenzó a publicar Shadow Slave en WebNovel en 2022 y, pese a mantener deliberadamente un perfil personal reservado, ha construido una comunidad internacional de lectores. También escribió Free Fall (Pyramid of Gold), una novela de ciencia ficción completada antes de iniciar su obra más conocida. Shadow Slave ha recibido diversos reconocimientos internacionales y acumula cientos de millones de visualizaciones.
Shadow Slave combina fantasía oscura, horror cósmico, aventura y elementos de progresión de poderes. Su protagonista, Sunless —conocido como Sunny— crece en la pobreza hasta ser elegido por el Nightmare Spell, una fuerza sobrenatural que convierte a determinadas personas en los Awakened y las obliga a enfrentarse a un mundo devastado, poblado por criaturas monstruosas. La novela destaca por su complejo sistema de habilidades, construcción de mundo y evolución gradual de los personajes. El contraste entre un universo brutal y momentos de humor y camaradería se ha convertido en una de sus señas distintivas.