Shadows (Book One in the Shadows Series) by Sam Blood

Have you ever felt that part of you is missing?

Lonely gamer Griffin is haunted by nightmares of a monster that killed his mother. When he is transported to a world of magical creatures called Shadows, everything he knows is turned upside down.

Griffin is rescued by an eccentric dragon-parrot named Cirrus and they instantly sense a connection to each other- a secret locked in their pasts that could change both of their worlds… forever.

The unlikely pair are forced to flee, pursued by an Empire that views any relationship between human and Shadow as a dangerous sickness. Hunted through floating cities and forests of giant proportions, Griffin and Cirrus must discover the truth about their connection before they are locked away for ‘treatment’, abandoned to a terrifying fate.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age