{"product_id":"the-shadows-echo-philip-stengel-9798280593572","title":"The Shadow's Echo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA town sealed by blood. A cult that stole the lock. A shadow that learns your voice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Kaelfell, \u003cb\u003ePrince Alaric\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSeraphine\u003c\/b\u003e thought they had bought their people time. The binding held. The rot receded. The Hollow went quiet. But quiet is not peace, it is pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the night, the \u003cb\u003eAscendants\u003c\/b\u003e breach the gatehouse and rip a living \u003cb\u003eshard\u003c\/b\u003e from its warded resting place. They do not want gold or power. They want the thing that makes a story stay closed. Without it, the valley exhales something older than fear, something that does not chase with hooves or steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes as an \u003cb\u003eEcho\u003c\/b\u003e. A hunger that mimics grief. A presence that knocks with familiar hands, whispers with borrowed voices, and turns memory into a doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cb\u003ePhilip\u003c\/b\u003e digging through forbidden margins and old names, and \u003cb\u003eMara\u003c\/b\u003e holding a failing perimeter with dwindling fighters, Alaric and Seraphine are forced back toward Kaelfell and into the mines where the black seam runs like a vein. Every rule they relied on starts to bend. Every ward becomes a question. Every choice has a cost that lingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Shadow's Echo\u003c\/b\u003e is dark fantasy horror built on ritual stakes, corrupted inheritance, and the brutal math of what happens when a prison is opened from the outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Stengel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280593572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Philip Stengel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49166601421055,"sku":"9798280593572","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shadows-echo-philip-stengel-9798280593572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}