When I was 15, still in high school, I finished my first novel.

It wasn’t very good, but it taught me a lot. I felt such immense passion writing it, such incredibly joy and excitement that I was creating something. The passion bled away as I tried to get it published and came to the cruel realization that it was nowhere close to being good enough for publication. I threw it up on Amazon, just so I could hold the book in my own hands, and then I moved on.

I hold a great deal of affection for my first finished work. I think there is value in seeing how far we’ve come. And if you happen to be someone who enjoys my writing, you might enjoy a glimpse of what my writing was like before I practiced, and practiced, and practiced to reach the point I’m at now.

Table of Contents

• Prologue
• Chapter 1 – Shadow
• Chapter 2 – Shadow
• Chapter 3 – Shadow
• Chapter 4 – Fitzdonald
• Chapter 5 – Shadow
• Chapter 6 – Clary
• Chapter 7 – Malk
• Chapter 8 – Shadow
• Chapter 9 – Shadow
• Chapter 10 – Shadow
• Chapter 11 – Shadow
• Chapter 12 – Shadow
• Chapter 13 – Shadow
• Chapter 14 – Shadow
• Chapter 15 – Shadow
• Chapter 16 – Shadow
• Chapter 17 – Fitzdonald
• Chapter 18 – Shadow
• Chapter 19 – Renessa
• Chapter 20 – Shadow
• Chapter 21 – Shadow
• Chapter 22 – Shadow
• Chapter 23 – Fitzdonald
• Chapter 24 – Shadow
• Chapter 25 – Shadow
• Chapter 26 – Malk
• Chapter 27 – Shadow
• Chapter 28 – Clary
• Chapter 29 – Shadow
• Chapter 30 – Shadow