Dancing Shadows

What if surviving wasn't just luck...

Nothing remarkable has ever happened to college student Cayleb Watson. That is, until he is involved in a fatal car accident on a two-lane back road. The crash should have killed him. Instead, he walks away with little more than a few scratches-an impossibility that leaves him haunted more by survival than death.

In the week that follows, the psychological fallout begins. Cayleb can't stop questioning what happened. Was he meant to die that night? Or is life nothing more than a string of coincidences? His search for answers only drags him deeper into uncertainty-until he meets Maven.

Maven is an elusive, magnetic classmate who seems to carry shadows of her own. She's a mystery, equal parts allure and danger, and being around her makes Cayleb feel as though the rules of the world no longer apply. The closer he gets, the more reality itself begins to fracture.

Physics bend. Sanity wavers. Shadows feel alive.

What begins as a search for meaning twists into a fight for survival. To endure what's coming, he must confront the truth of what he is... and the unseen forces that have shadowed him all along.


Dancing Shadows is the haunting debut in the Umbral Order series.

(Author's note: This book remained unpublished on Amazon for over a year while the author focused on thorough revisions and enhancements to ensure the highest quality. Consequently, promotional efforts were paused since late 2024. This book is now officially published.)