Fifteen unsettling, disturbing, and dark tales set in places we know, places we've never been, and places we pray we'll never be. The strange beings that secretly police our universe...a zombie planet of the dead...a tragic tale of unrequited love...fear and paranoia at our most weak and frail...the assassin and his redemption which comes too late...the mysterious cure that will save a priest...the dark secrets of deepest Africa...the evil magician trapped in a tower...the modern bloodsuckers that lurk on a Greek isle...what happens to time travellers when their mission goes wrong...the little boy who is scared of his brother...what will happen when the sacred holy gene is discovered...the patient at a mental institution whose demons are very real...and a young man with special and unusual gifts...welcome to The Splendour of Shadows.