Shadowkin: The Children Who Don’t Cast Light

When investigative journalist Rhea Linden returns to the decaying village of her childhood, she isn’t chasing headlines—she’s chasing memory. A chapel that shouldn't exist. A girl who never aged. A house that breathes her name into its walls.

Assigned to profile a forgotten town and its dying folklore, Rhea finds herself drawn to a chilling rumor: certain children never cast shadows after dark. The locals are evasive. The records are wrong. And someone—or something—has been waiting for her return.

As she retraces the forgotten corners of her youth, Rhea begins to question what she once believed was her imagination. Whispers in the floorboards. Dolls that rearrange themselves. A mirror that reflects more than her face. Every page of her notebook fills with details she didn’t write—details only someone inside the house could know.

But the deeper she digs, the more the story unravels. Is she the observer? Or the subject?

With reality shifting beneath her feet and a growing presence watching her every move, Rhea must face what was left behind—and what never truly let go.

Some stories don’t end.

They remember.

And they write back.

Would you return to the place that erased you—if it promised to tell the truth?

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This novel is part of SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death, a chilling series of interconnected standalone paranormal thrillers, where every shadow hides a secret and every story brings you closer to the darkness.

In the dark corners of forgotten towns and the fractured edges of human memory, whispers of the Shadowkin linger. They are not simply monsters, but reflections of guilt, grief, and secrets too heavy to bear. Each story in SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death pulls you deeper into a world where shadows walk, homes breathe, and silence screams. What begins as haunting encounters unravels into a terrifying truth: the Shadowkin are not visitors from beyond, but the darkness within us made flesh. Step inside this twisted series of standalone tales—where every revelation cuts deeper, and every ending hides a darker beginning.

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Release date

E-bog: 25. august 2025