SLG Publishing will start publishing a new four-book series in June with Shadoweyes Volume One by Ross Campbell. In 168 pages, Shadoweyes tells the story of Scout, who “lives in the dirty, futuristic city of Dranac, where crime is so rampant that high school students team up to form a vigilane group called Crimewatch. But Scout gets the opportunity to go beyond Crimewatch when an accident makes her able to transform into a strange, blue, clawed, superhuman creature. In this new body she becomes the vigilante Shadoweyes.”
Unable to change back to human form, she must learn to exist as Shadoweyes. “Forced to live on the streets and in the shadows, fighting crime becomes her only means to feel a connection to her community. In particular, Scout is drawn to the case of a missing girl named Sparkle, who has been all but forgotten by society. Plus, she still has to deal with best friend drama, reconciling with her mom, dealing with her anger toward criminals, and a mysterious mute girl that she rescued from being buried alive.”
Campbell says of his work “Shadoweyes is about what happens when you think you have an approach to life figured out, but then it gets turned on its head and you find yourself doing unexpected things or being unable to do something you assumed you could. It’s about being an outsider in society, whether by choice or being forced to be one against your will because society doesn’t accommodate you. It’s about the transformation of identity both mental and physical. And it’s all of that filtered through being a brooding, giant-footed, blue superpowered creature living in a world full of humans.”
The publisher has posted a book trailer on YouTube.