"The invitation was a trap..."

So begins this fantasy thriller in which a desperate people come together to find a kidnapped infant prince before magical and political pressures threaten the stability of the entire continent and millions of lives.

And if they succeed? Finding their prize and bringing him home alive are two different things... and who says that's what everyone even wants?

LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER is a character-driven low fantasy with a touch of noir and just a hint of cosmic horror oozing between the cracks, as if George R. R. Martin ("Game of Thrones") and James Ellroy ("L. A. Confidential") had a literary love child and left the squawking sport on an filthy altar in the woods to be discovered... by you.

Is there magic? You bet!

Crime? The whole thing's set off by a vile act. A few, in fact.

Violence? Yes. Sudden, brutal, and final.

Intrigue? Sure! The fates of a child, a city, an empire, and maybe an entire world are at stake.

LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER is a stand-alone novel and the first volume of the Outsider Trilogy, itself the beginning of The Shaper's World Cycle, a new, wholly original fantasy universe from author and creator Matthew Wayne Selznick. Even though it's the first of a trilogy, the book stands on its own as a complete story.

~ THE SHAPER'S WORLD CYCLE READING ORDER ~
Light of the Outsider - The Outsider Trilogy Volume One
Shadow of the Outsider - The Outsider Trilogy Volume Two
War of the Outsider - The Outsider Trilogy Volume Three
Thrall - The Dominion Stone Trilogy Volume One
Invasion - The Dominion Stone Trilogy Volume Two
The Shaper of the World - The Dominion Trilogy Volume Three

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