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Origin of Shadow
- A Light and Shadow Chronicles Novella
- Narrated by: Jake Ulasich
- Series: The Light and Shadow Chronicles, Book 0
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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You’ve read the Children of Light’s origin story, now experience the same events from a different perspective with this prequel novella from The Light and Shadow Chronicles.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-06-20
Leader!
Great fantasy of a man learning how to form an army! The trials he goes through! Narrator was good!
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- BMcLean
- 17-05-20
Stunning!
I loved this story! And the narrator's voice was perfect. I especially love the way he did the Babalese.