The Immortal Shadow
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Last published Wed, Mar 6, 2019
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Casio Goodwin is one of the last remaining descendants of the Ocsuri Assassins Guild in Edraston City. Crumbling under the increasing pressure the expanding Elish Empire, Casio must fight for her right to survive.
Though a millennium-old feud between the age old dynasties reignites, causing her to form alliances with the most unlikely of people. With every action, every breath, she is even more unwillingly dragged farther down the rabbit hole than she ever intended.
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We all have once in our lives wished to be someone else. To do better than what is asked or live in utter silence. But not all understand the true price to live another's life, in this world or the next. Actions have Consequences, and consequences breed catastrophe.
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