The end of the world was only the beginning.In 2121, the World System rules all. A network of cities in which the survivors of a global war found sanctuary, its citizens trade freedom for security under the watchful eye of the Central Computer. Those outside the cities are hunted for sport by the System's military, and are either killed or brought back into the cities as slaves.For some, it is a paradise.

For others, a nightmare.301-14-A is one of the lucky ones. The System's Central Computer selected him to become a soldier, one of the highest and most respected classes, and though his life is not without danger his future in the World System appears bright.Grace is an outsider. Growing up in the Wilderness, always on the run from the Great Army, she is no stranger to suffering but embraces it as the cost of freedom.When rebellion breaks out in the capital city, their two worlds collide.

And the very forces that bring them together will also tear them apart.Shadow Soldier is the first in the epic 5-part Shadow Saga, a series about a near-future world emerging from one apocalypse and hurtling dangerously close to another. Followed by Shadow Fall, Shadow Heart, Shadow Empire, and the finale, Shadow Gods.