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The first book in a new series about an orphan boy who discovers he is part of a secret army that protects the world from a race of shadowy monsters.

Dave Rudden is a former actor, teacher and time-displaced Viking currently living in Dublin. He is the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, and enjoys cats, adventure and being cruel to fictional children.

Grey placed his finger in the middle of the shadow. 
'What's this?' he asked. 
Denizen frowned. 'It's a shadow.' 
'No, it isn't,' Grey said. 'It's a door.' 
 
Denizen Hardwick doesn't believe in magic - until he's ambushed by a monster created from shadows and sees it destroyed by a word made of sunlight. 
 
That kind of thing can really change your perspective. 
 
Now Denizen is about to discover that there's a world beyond the one he knows. A world of living darkness where an unseen enemy awaits. 
 
Fortunately for humanity, between us and the shadows stand the Knights of the Borrowed Dark. 
 
Unfortunately for Denizen, he's one of them . . .

Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 1)

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