Shades series

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First editions

  • Shadow Dance
  • Night Beast
  • Ancient Light
  • Black Sun Rising

Author Rob Hood
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
Publisher Hodder Headline
Published2001
Media typePrint
No. of books4

The Shades series is a series of young adult horror novels written by Australian horror writer Rob Hood. The four-volume series (Hodder Headline) includes: Shadow Dance , Night Beast , Ancient Light and Black Sun Rising .

Drawing on the mythology of ancient Egypt, the Knights Templar and more, Hood created a series about Shadow creatures waging an anti-human war.


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