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Editorial Reviews<\/h2>\n
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\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\u00a0“With<\/span>\u00a0The Neverborn Thief,\u00a0Najberg has secured his place as a day-1 auto buy for literally anything he puts out, regardless of genre.”<\/span><\/em>\u2014Jon Cohn\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b, author of\u00a0<\/span>Slashtag\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0Everything Is Temporary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\u00a0“Najberg has crafted a tale brimming with invention, nuanced social commentary, and memorable characters. Sinister intrigue and high adventure abound, the eerie world of The Shadowlands positively sparkles.”<\/span><\/em>\u2014Dave Jeffery, author of the A Quiet APOCALYPSE series<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\u00a0“This is a wonderful dark fantasy reminiscent of\u00a0<\/span>Coraline\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Corpse Bride. It evoked a lot of nostalgia for me while also taking me to a new exciting landscape – the Shadowlands.”<\/span><\/em>\u2014Jay Olsen-Thrift\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\u00a0“<\/span>A magical tale stylishly told by Andrew. He has created a fantastical world that is dark and filled with fascinating characters. It is a coming-of-age tale that is full of fantasy and magic. Whether you are a teen or an adult, this is a story for everyone.”<\/span><\/em>\u2014The Yeti Reads and Reviews<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/h2>\n

Andrew Najberg<\/strong> is a Tennessee author, teacher, husband, and father who wrote The Mobius Door (Wicked House Publishing, 2023), Gollitok (Wicked House Publishing, 2023), <\/em>The Neverborn Thief (Olive-Ridley Press, 2024), <\/em>In Those Fading Stars (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2024), <\/em>Try Not to Die in the Shadowlands (Vincere Press, 2024), <\/em>Paradise Falls (Wicked House Publishing, 2025), and <\/em>Extinction Dream (Wicked House Publishing). He is also the author of the collections of poems T<\/em>he Goats Have Taken Over the Barracks (Finishing Line Press, 2021) and <\/em>Fighting Fermi (Walnut Street Press, 2024).<\/em><\/p>\n

Currently, he teaches for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he has been a full-time member of the English department for seventeen years, teaching creative writing, rhetoric and composition, and Japanese literature. In his spare time, he loves to read, draw, play board games and video games with his kids, and watch horror and science-fiction movies. When he can, he tends his vegetable garden as best he can and dreams of travelling abroad with his family. He is working on two additional novels and plans for a potential sequel to <\/em>The Neverborn Thief.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From bestselling horror author Andrew Najberg comes a dark fantasy for young adults.<\/p>\n

When 13-year-old Connor\u2019s shadow is stolen, he has only three days to venture into the Shadowlands and retrieve it or lose himself forever. The Shadow Police are overworked, corrupt, and ill-equipped to help, leaving Connor to navigate a disintegrating world ruled by deceit and betrayal. It is a place of hunger and discomfort where even the sun is little more than a dying coal in the sky, and ash falls like snow over petrified forests.<\/p>\n

Despite the dangers, Connor learns there is good in the Shadowlands: friends who will help him, fathers desperate to save their sons, creatures who might be kinder than they look. But looming over it all is the Neverborn Thief … an enemy Connor neither understands nor knows how to defeat.<\/p>\n

Will Connor find the strength to become whole again, or will he fade into the shadows that threaten to swallow him?<\/p>\n

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