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The Shadow Commission (Dark Arts) Kindle Edition

by David Mack (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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The wizards of the Cold War must uncover a secret cabal responsible for the Kennedy assassination in The Shadow Commission, New York Times bestselling author David Mack's globe-spanning historical fantasy sequel to The Iron Codex.

November 1963. Cade and Anja have lived in hiding for a decade, training new mages. Then the assassination of President Kennedy trigger a series of murders whose victims are all magicians—with Cade, Anja, and their allies as its prime targets. Their only hope of survival: learning how to fight back against the sinister cabal known as the Shadow Commission.

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    August 11, 2020
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For The Shadow Commission

“This twisty novel puts a new spin on conspiracy theory.”―Wall Street Journal

“The Dark Arts series is a thoroughly entertaining saga.”―SFF World

For The Iron Codex:

“Bottom line, The Dark Arts is turning out to be a blast of a series and I can’t wait to read the next installment, The Shadow Commission.”―SFF World

For The Midnight Front:

“Action-packed... Emotionally and intellectually engaging, as well as viscerally satisfying." ―RT Book Reviews

A rollicking, high-stakes adventure with action tailor-made for the movies.” ―Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor’s Blades

“Smart and surprising―fun and fascinating speculation grounded in familiar history, a rich and textured variation on the magical arts, and complex characters struggling to fight the good fight. I loved it." ―Kirsten Beyer, New York Times Bestselling author of Children of the Storm

“Propulsive...Equal parts brimstone and gunpowder.” ―Kirkus Reviews

"Mack is a skilled storyteller with a gift for vivid and visceral action." ―Publishers Weekly

“The Dark Arts series hits the ground running. Exciting and smart, David Mack's secret history of World War II and the occult heroes and villains that fought it will keep you up well past midnight.” ―R. S. Belcher, author of The Six-Gun Tarot

“An epic thrill ride, taking us deep into a compelling, hypnotic vision of history as it might have been. Powerful, fast paced, and engaging.” ―Ilana C. Myer, author of Last Song Before Night

"An exciting, secret struggle of occult powers and military action. Can't wait for the next one!" ―Richard Baker, author of Valiant Dust

About the Author

David Mack is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels and novellas, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies. Beyond novels, Macks writing credits span several media, including television, film, short fiction, magazines, newspapers, comic books, computer games, radio, and live theater. Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07WZ7QS7D
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books (August 11, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3255 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 58 ratings

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DAVID MACK is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of 37 novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.

Mack’s writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. He also has worked as a consultant on the animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. In June 2022, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers honored him as a Grandmaster with its Faust Award.

His most recent publications include Star Trek: Coda, Book III: Oblivion’s Gate and Harm’s Way, a Star Trek: Vanguard / Star Trek: The Original Series crossover novel. His upcoming works include several original short stories in various new anthologies.

Mack resides in New York City.

Visit his official website, http://www.davidmack.pro/ and follow him on Twitter @DavidAlanMack.

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Amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020
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Outstanding end to the trilogy. It was the best of the three books, and that's a pretty high bar, because the first two were really, really good. I only say bittersweet because it looks like this is an ending to the series. But what an ending, and what a way to go out with a bang.
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TigerX
5.0 out of 5 stars A series that just keeps getting better!
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2020
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I love this series so much! Every book gets better and better and I love the characters. David Mack has really done his research in the areas of history that the stories take place and he has created amazing characters.
Do yourself a favor and get the first book and get ready for an amazing ride. And don’t be daunted by all the demon names and powers.
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FNhp4421
4.0 out of 5 stars Good conclusion to the trillogy
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
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Been a big fan of this series, and eagerly awaited the second and third novels!

Lots of action, and the universe the author has created is so unique that it makes me not want to put the book down! Love the mix of Cold War intrigue with magic, which is what drew me to this series in the first place.

Overall, pretty good, but kind of lacked in character development and plot this time around, so 4 out of 5 for me. Just a bunch of new characters, that didn't really get fleshed out, that are there, then gone. Kind of confusing plot at times, the big bad was kind of...blah, so to speak, certainly not as epic as the first and second novels. But it was overall a great read, and a good conclusion to some ongoing character arcs, and the start of some new ones.

Hopefully this sets up for follow-on series, and I would love to see some of the additional characters fleshed out with their own stories about the art in new novels.
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Jim G
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
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What a ride! Great ending to a taut series. David weaves history and magic in a way not expected. The characters are fleshed our and jump off the page.
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep them Coming!
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020
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These books are really something else! Humans harnessing the powers of demons and angels, spy craft, conspiracies, and all during different decades of time. I really enjoyed it and hope the author can write more of them. The author posted awhile back and it’s iffy if Tor will contract him for more books so please tell your friends out and support quality authors. I believe Tor has already dropped at least two A+ series (Marc Turner’s Chronicles of the Exile and Glen Cook’s Instrumentalities of the Night) because they were not happy with sales.

Although there are several series that I think are “better” these are so much fun and the pages fly by. I would easily recommend them to people not used to reading books, but loves action movies and wants to give the fantasy genre a try as long as there are no elves, dwarfs etc. Although the fantasy genre is my jam and I obviously enjoy them too. There is definitely a ending but leaves room for more installments in this world.
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Gene H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023
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I've thoroughly enjoyed this series, highly recommend to the urban fantasy fans
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Brandy Hauman
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying completion to the series
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020
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A beautiful. heartbreaking ending to the trilogy. Hey Hollywood, this would be a great series!
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Joel Bernknopf
5.0 out of 5 stars The Dark Arts series is indeed a Magikal Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020
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This is the third in the Dark Arts series and definitely hands down the best of the three
A page turner you won’t be able to put down
Twists and turns galore and the best part it’s open ended for more which I implore David Mack to do
Highly recommended
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David Weller
5.0 out of 5 stars The Shadow Commission
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2020
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1963: John F Kennedy has been assassinated and someone is murdering sorcerers.

Excellent final (just for now, I hope) novel in the Dark Arts series.
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