Book of NightIn Charlie Halls world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferencesbut also to increase power and influence. You can alter someones feelingsand memoriesbut manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hiddena second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms. And sometimes, it has a life of its own.