Light of the Outsider (The Shaper's World Cycle)

In LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER, a group of desperate people are thrown together to recover a kidnapped infant prince before ethnic, international, and magical pressures can threaten the stability of the entire continent and millions of lives.LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER is a character-driven fantasy adventure / thriller hybrid with touches of noir and the threat of cosmic horror. Even though it's the first of a trilogy, the book stands on its own. I won't cliffhanger you on the last page!Is there magic? You bet!Crime? The whole thing's set off by a vile act. A few, in fact.Violence? Um? yep.Intrigue? Sure! The fates of a child, a city, an empire, and maybe an entire world are at stake.LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER is the first novel of the Shaper's World Cycle and volume one of The Outsider Trilogy.The Shaper's World is a fully-realized original fantasy setting in which three sentient hominid species struggle to peacefully co-exist? while encroaching forces from beyond reality threaten existence itself.