In the year 2099, eighteen-year-old Luyanda Michaels is excited about beginning his studies at university. But when he goes against his parent's wishes and gets a part-time job at a museum, a chIn 2099, an unassuming young man enrols for an African History degree at the Azania State University, somewhere in Southern Africa. When a chance encounter with an ancient artefact at the university museum leaves him with the ability to transform into the shadow of anything he touches, he goes on a journey to discover who he really is and why he was chosen to have such powers. But there is someone else who is after his gifts: a powerful sorcerer who will stop at nothing to change the face of the continent, leaving death and destruction in his wake. With time running out, Luyanda has to find a way to master the shadows, save his own skin and stop a madman before he becomes an undefeatable tyrant. ance encounter with an ancient artefact leaves him in a rather unexpected position.
