Featured Novel · Paranormal Thriller
Shadows of Deception
Rob Stafford came home to retire. Former CIA. Burned out. Done with secrets. Richmond, Kentucky was supposed to be the quiet ending to a loud life — a simple HR job at the old Army Depot, a room at the Glyndon Hotel, cold beer at Paddy's Bar.
Then the animals started disappearing.
Then the lights appeared in the sky.
Then Rob found his own name in a classified government ledger — not as a citizen, not as an employee, but as a test subject.
What begins as small-town unease quickly spirals into something far older and far darker than any government conspiracy. Beneath Richmond's Heritage Festival and its nostalgic rituals lies a truth that stretches back to the origins of humanity itself. An ancient race. A dying planet. A plan to cull the herd. And a small group of ordinary people who may be the only ones standing between humanity and its own erasure.
Part thriller, part ancient mystery, part psychological mindbender — Shadows of Deception asks the question that will haunt you long after the last page: what if everything you believed about history, about religion, about your own identity… was engineered?
And what if the man telling you the story was never quite who he said he was?
Set in the real streets and history of Richmond, Kentucky, Shadows of Deception is a bold debut novel that blends military conspiracy, ancient astronaut theory, and small-town America into one unforgettable ride.
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