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    Breaking The Shadows: Emberlight Universe
    Breaking The Shadows: Emberlight Universe
    Breaking The Shadows: Emberlight Universe
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    Breaking The Shadows: Emberlight Universe

    By Frederick Lacroix

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    Nadya is on another case, but her mark just disappeared into thin air.

    Like the professional she is, she reaches out to one of her contact for magical help.

    Just how deep does the magical rabbit hole goes? And did Nadya just make a powerful enemy?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonolithic Press
    Release dateJul 15, 2018
    ISBN9781989056080
    Breaking The Shadows: Emberlight Universe

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      Breaking The Shadows - Frederick Lacroix

      BREAKING THE SHADOWS

      By Frederick Lacroix

      Published by

      Monolithic Press

      MonolithicPress.com

      Legal deposit / Dépôt légal: 2018

      Library and Archives Canada

      Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

      ISBN: 978-1-989056-08-0

      Cover and interior design copyright © 2018 Monolithic Press

      Cover art copyright @ geralt/Pixabay

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Copyright © 2018 Frederick Lacroix

      All rights reserved.

      Table of Contents

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      Also by Frederick Lacroix

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      ONE

      Nadya sat down on the sidewalk. It was way past midnight now and she was alone in the less reputable part of town. The summer air was heavy, it was humid even at night these days. All she could smell around her was garbage, but at least there were stars to be made out through the smog and the light pollution of the city. Fall City sure didn't live up to its name right now.

      Damnit, she muttered.

      The man she was trailing had vanished. There were no place for him to hide, or escape through, the only explanation left was magic. Nadya didn't care much for wizards when they weren't on her side. But she'd been paid the beginnings of a princely sum by a short elven woman to trail her husband, she'd forgotten to mention the magic, though. And

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