Shades series
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The Shades series is a series of young adult horror novels written by Australian
horror writer Rob Hood
. The four-volume series (Hodder Headline) includes: Shadow Dance, Night Beast, Ancient Light and Black Sun Rising.
Drawing on the mythology
of ancient Egypt
, the Knights Templar
and more, Hood created a series about Shadow creatures waging an anti-human war.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
horror writer Rob Hood
Rob Hood
Robert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...
. The four-volume series (Hodder Headline) includes: Shadow Dance, Night Beast, Ancient Light and Black Sun Rising.
Drawing on the mythology
Egyptian mythology
Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with a multitude of deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces and elements of nature...
of ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
, the Knights Templar
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
and more, Hood created a series about Shadow creatures waging an anti-human war.