Shadow People

By James Swain

In Shadow People, national bestselling author James Swain’s brilliant follow-up to Dark Magic, magician Peter Warlock has a dark secret. A psychic who peers into the future, he is able to use the information to alert the authorities to pending trouble.During a séance Peter is confronted by a group of evil spirits called shadow people, beings who have the power to kidnap a person’s soul.  Peter is taken to another plane, where he confronts a serial killer about to claim his next victim. It’s a harrowing encounter that Peter only barely manages to survive.   Peter soon realizes that the shadow people are connected to the serial killer, and that he is a member of the Order of Astrum, a group of evil psychics who murdered his parents years ago.  He must find the serial killer in real time before he claims his next victim.  To save many lives, Peter may have to tap into a legacy that he has always dreaded…and a power that may consume him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Jun 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9780765329950

James Swain

James Swain is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of more than twenty mystery novels and has worked as a magazine editor, a screenwriter, and a novelist. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and have been selected as Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. The author of two previous novels in the Lancaster & Daniels series, The King Tides and No Good Deed, Swain has been nominated for five Barry Awards, has received a Florida Book Award for fiction, and was awarded France’s prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Writing. When he isn’t writing, he enjoys performing close-up magic. Visit him at http://jamesswain.com.

Reviews for Shadow People

[starrreina · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

“Shadow People” by James SwainSwain manages to combine a thriller with the supernatural, and pull from his hat a touch of a good versus evil page-turner. Now you see it, now you don’t. A cliché, but one that character Peter Warlock uses to entertain. That is, before the Shadow People ‘entertain’ him. Having a bit of evil inside of himself, but trying to use it for good, Peter works with FBI Special Agent Garrison to bring down a serial killer.Kidnapped by the Shadow People and brought against his will to a time in the future, he is ordained to be the one to save Rachel, not only the killer’s next victim but also someone whose good works are a threat to evil.Peter’s girlfriend Liza is determined to understand who he is, the good and the bad side of Peter. She accompanies him on his frenzied run from present to future and is put in harm’s way. Peter is just as firm in his need to not only keep Liza safe but to also keep her in his life and shares more than he has ever shared about himself. This leads to not only an enlightenment of his past but of what he is actually capable of.Swain puts you in a trance, forcing you to turn page after page until all is revealed. A magic trick? I think not. I recommend this to readers who are looking for something different, entertaining, thrilling, and completely engaging.