The Shadow's Servant

The Shadow Magic Series, Book 2

By: Justin Swapp

Narrated by: Steve Barnes

If knowledge is power, then what's a secret?

A year after thwarting the Kabbahl's attempt to restore shadow magic, the impetuous Marcus Fith, denied the opportunity to help his family search for his sister, decides to take matters into his own hands. When the only meaningful clue his family has seen mysteriously shows up - a letter addressed to him... written in his own blood - Marcus escapes in order to work out the set of expiring instructions that promise to lead him to his sister.

Promises are slippery things, however.

What follows is an adventurous tale filled with shady characters, betrayal, magical monsters, and an epic battle that is just beginning.

If only Marcus and Ellie knew what they've started...

©2018 Justin Swapp (P)2018 Justin Swapp

Closure

This is a good conclusion to the shadow servant storyline. But I’ve got a suspicion that Justin has left the story open for the Fifth to get into some more trouble. It was a great ride and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The only issue I had was that Ellamir and Ellie sounded like the same character, and it was a little annoying that Marcus learned no new magic in the year his sister was missing. And he had an uncanny luck that seemed frustrating, but maybe that’s his magic power.

amazing book

it was an amazing book my favorite part is on elemor got caught l looked it

Book two in the series

Enjoyed this book as well as book one. I would listen to other books by this author.

Narration was excellent. I would listen to this narrator again.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Great sequel!

An outstanding book that picked up right where the first book left off. I found myself really enjoying my commute to work and sometimes I didn't want to get out of the car. There was much more action in this book compared to the first. The Shadow's Servant has an entertaining storyline and the narrator was fantastic.

better than the first

I really enjoyed this one. I liked the new characters a lot. again, there were some good twists that slowly revealed themselves. nice read

Book was hard to put down. Finished it in two days

Love Justin Swapp and the Shadow Magic Series! His books are hard to put down because they are so creative, fun and engaging.

A worthy sequel

This book picks up one year after The Magic Shop. With his sister missing, Marcus will do almost anything to her back, except sit and wait for the adults to do everything.

When an unexpected guest shows up his new adventure begins. The search for his sister.
This book shows what Marcus would do for family, including the hardest thing, forgiving them.

Shadows are everywhere

In this second installment the reader is taken along on a journey with Marcus to save his twin sister Ellie after she been abducted by her mother Mirella. As in the first book each twin has a guardian and we are introduced more Ellie in this one as she leaves a mysterious letter for Marcus to solve. Marcus is not a patient kind of character that takes time to think things out he is all impulse and it really makes the story flow along as you not sure what kind of danger is going to befall him. Marcus is the star of this audiobook as his adventures are played out either from his impulsiveness or by the events that come to pass. Their a few side characters that bring some comedy relief to this rather dark tale about shadow magic. Erasmus the monkey and i did like the addition of more of the dragon as well. The performance is flawless and throughly kept my attention . Hard to tell by the ending if we will have more story in this world or not but i hope their is more story.

A good follow up to the first book

As a simple disclaimer: "This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."

A good follow up with a larger scope and more character building. The story was good with a lot more visualization, more people, a few new twists and more magic. There was a lot to this one and I found it to be well evolved from the first book.

**spoilers ahead**

The overprotective family is at it again. The family's overprotective nature is irksome, but doesn't last well as Marcus escapes it yet again.

The magic system evolved only a little but the factions are better defined with new players in the game. Gunner was a good addition as he was hard to scope in. Though Marcus doesn't see, apparently, both what Gunner does for him as well as that his motives are similar to his (until the very end). And, it goes both ways. Both characters could use a little camaraderie, and I was hoping for it based on what happened to each.

I liked the darker additions and deceptions in this book. Made it more entertaining and a good move up from the more simple first book (by comparison). With this being the change, I will look for more from Justin Swapp as I love seeing a writer evolve and he definitely shows it.

Swapp and Barnes do it again!

My 13-yr old daughter and I recently drove my in laws car back from San Diego and were so glad we had this book to listen too on our way home. It made the time go by so fast. We actually didn't want to get home before the book was over. We were able to finish it on the drive. Such a great book. My daughter had read the book so she knew a lot of what was going to happen but I did not. At the start of chapter 29 (The Black Market) she said, oh I hate this part.

Great book and great performance.