In a city of forgotten beauty and crumbling memories, one man sculpts the souls of the lost?at the cost of his own.
Blind sculptor Solomon Dyer awakens to a shadow that isn't his. In the rain-soaked ruins of Veridia, where sorrow clings to every crumbling wall, he discovers a haunting gift: the ability to absorb the grief of others through mysterious, shifting shadows that imprint themselves upon him. Each morning, a new shadow arrives?each night, a new sculpture gives form to a sorrow not his own.
As the city slowly heals through his work, Solomon begins to unravel. Memories fade, his identity fragments, and a mysterious woman named Lyra appears, offering riddles and a glimpse of the truth behind his strange affliction. To reclaim himself, Solomon must follow the trail of shadows through the city's labyrinth of secrets and sorrow?toward a final sculpture that may save Veridia... or cost him everything.
The Man Who Traded Shadows is a lyrical, deeply emotional journey through grief, memory, and the transformative power of art. For fans of The Shadow of the Wind, The Night Circus, and The Book Thief, this novel is a testament to the enduring beauty found in broken things?and the price of healing a world through the heart of one man.
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Elias Grove is the author of The House That Forgot Me, a haunting exploration of identity and memory that established him as a unique voice in speculative fiction. His stories often inhabit the liminal spaces between the seen and unseen, weaving psychological depth with atmospheric storytelling.
With The Man Who Traded Shadows, Grove crafts a deeply lyrical tale of loss, art, and the intangible threads that bind us. His work has been praised for its poetic prose, emotional resonance, and philosophical undercurrents.
His forthcoming novel, The Weight of Unsaid Things, delves into the echoes of grief and the quiet power of unspoken words, solidifying his signature style of blending the mystical with the profoundly human.
When not writing, Elias can often be found wandering old museums, listening for ghosts in the silence.