A Dream of Shadows: Book One of The Shadow Bidders Series (The Shadow Bidder Series 1)

A Dream of Shadows has now won 21 Literary Awards! And the Shadow Bidder Series wins Best Overall Series ★★★★★ "Blending beautiful prose...and gritty suspense, this novel keeps the reader on edge with every passing page...Part fantasy, part mystery, this suspenseful tale is completely unforgettable." ~ Kirkus ReviewsA Dream of Shadows is a high-octane, intense fantasy that takes place over 48 hours in a city known as Hell's Labyrinth. Full of stunning twists and fast-paced action, Peter Eliott's genre mashup of post-apocalyptic dystopia and romantic thriller will grip readers tight and never let go.Vazeer the Lash has spent his entire adulthood on the verge of peril while operating as a criminal in the violent metropolis of Hell's Labyrinth. Vazeer, intelligent and poised, longs to leave the life of smuggling that betrays his cultured personality.His chance comes when he is commissioned to overthrow The Raving Blade, one of the most notorious and cruel power brokers in Hell's Labyrinth. Vazeer joins a rogue's gallery of accomplished Shadow Bidders, each a master of distinct and nefarious skills. Among them are an ex-pirate, whose enormous size and skill with weapons make him a veritable one-man army, a brilliant actress who finds herself playing a key role in a criminal world where she doesn't belong, and a calm, mysterious assassin who draws events ever forward towards a series of increasingly dire consequences.Vazeer has 48 hours of mortal danger and sadistic enemies standing between him and freedom... but good and evil are not as straightforward as they seem.Fans of eloquent fantasies like The First Law Trilogy, A Game of Thrones, and The Kingkiller Chronicles will be spellbound by Peter Eliott's Shadow Bidder series debut!Click BUY NOW at the top of the screen to join the adventure!1st Place Winner of the Feathered Quill Book Awards - Fantasy. February 2023.1st Place Winner of the Bookfest Book Awards - Fantasy (Action & Adventure). April 2023.1st Place Winner of the Independent Press Award - Fantasy. February 2024.1st Place Winner of the Bookfest Book Awards - Fantasy (urban). April 2023.1st Place Winner of FIVE CATEGORIES in the Firebird Book Awards. April 2023.1st Place Winner of the Los Angeles Book Festival Award - Genre-based. April 2023.1st Place Winner of the National Indie Excellence Awards - Fantasy. June 2023.1st Place Winner of the Outstanding Creator Awards - World Building. July 2023.1st Place Winner of the Readers' Favorite Book Award - Action. September 2023.1st Place Winner of the American Book Fest, Best Book Awards - Fantasy. November 2023.1st Place Winner of the Book Excellence Awards - Books in a Series. March 2024.The Shadow Bidder Series Wins Best Overall Series in the Maincrest Media Awards. January 2026.2nd Place Winner of the Outstanding Creator Awards - Overall Fiction. July 2023.2nd Place Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards - Fantasy. May 2023.2nd Place Winner of the Indies Today Book Awards - Action & Adventure. February 2024.3rd Place Winner of the Reader Views Literary Awards - Fantasy. March 2023.Finalist in the Forward Indies Fantasy Award - Fantasy. June 2023.Finalist in the International Book Awards - Fantasy. June 2023. Read more