Shades of Black Book Series by Jonathan Shuerger

Shades of Black is a dark fantasy saga where light and shadow collide. Beginning with In Darkness Cast and continuing in Afterlight, the series plunges readers into a world of ancient powers, desperate heroism, and impossible choices. Expanding the saga, the Shades of Black: Origins novellas reveal hidden stories and untold battles from the same world, offering fans even more ways to explore the darkness and light at war.

The Shades of Black Series

Book I

Gideon Halcyon prays for a teacher to make him a hero… he gets the dark sorcerer Ashkelon, who has killed thousands of them.

Book II

Gideon and Ashkelon battle against the rising dead, even as Gideon questions what it means to be a hero.

Book III

Gideon asks the forbidden question: is it enough to be good? For the answer is no longer clear, and Hell is making its move.

The Shades of Black: Origins Anthology

The Origins

7 novellas packed together in one edition, each telling a story of the villains and heroes of Shades of Black. 

Award-Winning Author

Jonathan Shuerger

Disclaimer: Jon is a Marine.

You may therefore be exposed to intense battle sequences, epic struggles of good vs. evil, and blistering appraisals of humanity’s flaws.

If you love stories of entire solar systems detonating or desperate last-ditch defenses against shrieking diabolical hordes, this be the place for you.

Jonathan Shuerger, Author and Marine Veteran