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The Shadow Men

Christopher Golden;Tim Lebbon (2011)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesHidden Cities #4
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.62

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Synopsis

When his wife and daughter mysteriously disappear and leave behind a Boston in which they never existed, Jim, who is the only one who can remember them, must travel between fractured cities and find them before the cities reintegrate in a cataclysmic implosion.

The Shadow Men: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

Dark fantasy with reality-warping horror elements involving the disappearance of a protagonist's family and dangerous travel between fracturing realities. Expect strong violence and psychological terror.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include grief, abandonment, and reality distortion (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers will appreciate the mind-bending mystery of a man whose family vanishes from existence and only he remembers them.

Tags

Urban FantasyMetaphysical ThrillerSpeculative FictionReality Horror