Umbra

Brendan Nichols's Umbra The Ignition is a dark fantasy novel about a young man coping with the melancholy of his tedious life in a boring village. Cedika Heiko longs for thrills and adventure, but is he prepared for the sacrifice that must be made to attain it?

Jovia always sees the two shadows of a person. There's the ordinary shadow that anyone can see, and there's the special shadow that only she can see. She calls it "the evil shadow", because it reveals people's dark and evil sides. One day, Jovia sees a

Sean tames his darkest secret with one simple rule. Never tell anyone the day they will die. At seventeen, Sean Ratcliffe chases high octane adventures and avoids messy human connections to escape the heavy weight of guilt. With simple eye contact, he sees the exact date of everyone's death. When his parents vanish during a climbing expedition in Peru, Sean knows they can't be dead. He searches for answers while navigating a new life with his aunt and a mysterious girl with the only expiration date he can't see. With a suitcase full of secrets, Ava Kouris is on the run yet again, biding her time until she can break free from her mother. She's spent her whole life juggling ghostly premonitions, her mother's manipulations, and a best friend who's unaware she died almost 70 years ago. When a shadow agency hijacks their lives, they realize that cooperating is the only way to protect their secrets and find information about Sean's parents. As danger intensifies, the teens must untangle their feelings for each other and take charge of their lives, even if it means losing Sean's parents forever.

Jovia has moved into the monastery in Knark, where she learns more about her abilities as a shadow reader. One day, a sick girl is brought to the monastery, because she has lost her umbra. Once again, Jovia and Pirmin must go on a dangerous mission to t

A close friend of Jovia is brought to the monastery in Knark. His umbra has been stolen and he's already so ill, that Bertus thinks he won't survive. Pirmin and Jovia learn that his umbra is in Prince Corpu's palace, but legend has it that no one can br

Since Corpu's soldiers started searching for Jovia, staying at the monastery has become too risky for her. Instead, she and Pavle have taken refuge in a dark and damp cave, where only Bertus and Pirmin visit them from time to time. One morning, Pirmin go

Jovia's mother has lost her umbra, and Bertus is treating her at the monastery. Seeing her again brings back memories from the past, and Jovia realizes, that she must save her life at all costs. But where is her umbra and who stole it? Retrieving her um

The monastery in Knark has been burnt to the ground, and Jovia, Pirmin, Vita, Bertus and the other monks have sought refuge in a secret location in the mountains. Meanwhile, the people suffer under Corpu's evil reign. When all hope seems lost, a long los