L.J.K. OLIVA

SHADOW NOTES Series | Book 1

An arcane Minister. A modern Knight. A world of secrets and shadows.

Reverend Emil Stone is a curator of forbidden knowledge. Misha “Puzzle” Kaslov is the Peer sworn to protect him. For centuries, their ancient orders have traversed the line between seen and unseen, guarding the secrets of a world most humans will never understand.

Their latest assignment draws them to the shores of the Mediterranean, where they must secure an artifact hidden in plain sight. But subversive affairs are rarely simple. As rival forces close in around them, Emil and Puzzle find themselves caught in a web of violence, secrecy, and shifting loyalties. With no one to rely on but each other, they are forced to navigate not only the dangers surrounding the tablet, but the increasingly fragile fault lines in their own partnership.

Because in a world built on secrets, trust can be the most dangerous thing of all.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Ptolemy’s Tablet is a companion novella to A World Apart (Shades Below, #1), but can also be read as a standalone.

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SHADOW NOTES Series | Book 2

In the Big Easy, hunger wears many faces.

Reverend Emil Stone and Misha “Puzzle” Kaslov arrive in New Orleans on assignment, investigating a brutal attack that has left the city’s hidden world whispering in fear. Beneath the French Quarter’s glittering lights and decadent charm, something old is moving through the shadows…and blood is beginning to spill.

The deeper they sink into the city’s undercurrents, the more dangerous their investigation becomes. A figure from Emil’s past reopens old wounds and buried desires, forcing Puzzle to confront emotions he can no longer ignore. While their attention turns inward, something far more sinister draws closer.

The greatest dangers don’t always live in the shadows. And devotion has a way of blinding even the most dangerous men.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Thicker Than Water is a companion novella to The Devil’s Disease (Shades Below, #2), but can also be read as a standalone.

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SHADOW NOTES Series | Book 3

Istanbul.

Coveted city of emperors and sultans…and home to an ancient mystery guarded for centuries by forces willing to kill—and die—to protect it.

Reverend Emil Stone and Misha “Puzzle” Kaslov arrive in the Old City chasing whispers of an artifact older and darker than any they’ve ever encountered. As they descend into a labyrinthine world of ancient temples and secret sects, the lines between ally and enemy begin to crumble.

Caught between scholars, clerics, extremists, and their own orders, Emil and Puzzle find themselves confronting the unthinkable: the truths they’ve spent their lives protecting may not be truths at all.

Some questions are more dangerous than the answers.

And some secrets were never meant to be ucovered.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Patient Dervish is a companion novella to Ghost In The Machine (Shades Below, #3), but can also be read as a standalone.

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