[fantasy] A Sinister Radiance, The Shapes Between Shadows (01) by...

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After too many years locked away in a church-controlled thaumaturge, Kai has taken advantage of the chaos wrought by the caster rebellion to escape to the shadowed city of Falkirk. Starting a new life at thirty-one would be challenge enough, but being identified as a magic caster could get him killed. Then there’s his estranged family, less-than-spectacular love life, and the disturbing secrets Falkirk hides under its facade of staid respectability to contend with, before a human monster from his past surfaces…

All that pales before the threat Kai inadvertently discovers thanks to a missing friend and a spur-of-the-moment lie. It’s madly dangerous to keep up the act, but his curiosity overrides the sensible part of his mind that’s screaming you could still walk away. Soon he's involved in a secretive cult practicing forbidden magic that may have deadly consequences for Falkirk and beyond. Then an atrocity forces him to make a decision -- stick to his determination to remain uninvolved in the rebellion, or join a plot that will take him deep within the stronghold of the church that wants him and his kind dead.

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