Overview
Before the fire rose, the shadow remembered.
Before the lineage fractured, the First Man broke.
Before the Two Who Rise, there was only him.
Kaelar awakens in a world shaped by four ancient realms-Solacefall (Memory), Hollowfire (Reckoning), Embergrace (Truth), and Ironascent (Becoming). Born from the primordial First Dark, he is destined to carry a lineage that has forgotten itself. Instead, his unhealed fractures awaken the Shadowline King-the buried self he abandoned to survive.
To restore balance to the realms, Kaelar must walk the Four Trials:
- Memory - face the boy who cried alone
- Feeling - grieve what he was never allowed to feel
- Shadow - confront the man he feared he could become
- Becoming - choose the truth he has always avoided
But integration has a cost.
And the prophecy is clear:
When the man remembers himself,
the lineage remembers with him.
The First Shadow is a mythic masculine epic about grief, memory, shadow, and the journey toward wholeness - the beginning of the Shadowborn lineage and the counterpart to The First Fireborn.
Perfect for readers of The Priory of the Orange Tree, The Song of Achilles, and the mythic resonance of Madeline Miller.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798249214906
- ISBN-10: 9798249214906
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: February 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.34 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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