The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver

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Gardening, cooking, innovation, preservation, charity events... Madzistrale, Tom and Gabzryel does it all. But when they encounter the mysterious Shiakar Paradigm Society, a clash of paradigms ensues. Although both groups are aiming to make humanity stand stronger, their ideals and methods could not be further apart. Between the trio's optimistic yet naive ideals, and the SPS's tried-and-true surgical methods, determining the answer which methods can better humanity is a struggle that both parties must resolve in their own ways...

Welcome to the final revision of my 10+ years ongoing novel trilogy. This revision took out some flawed plot concepts to re-introduce a more down-to-earth, film noir-like ambience, where a battle of wits is what will determine the outcome. It also added instead more in-depth expansion into the lives and mindsets of the characters, especially the heroes (a missing factor in older versions). Third-view limited storytelling was also introduced more prominently over my favoured third-view omnipotent, with each chapters concentrating as much as possible on a single character's point of view instead of head-hopping.

The chapters here are now as closely finished as I can make them without professional help. They will be updated slowly from the existing 7th revision version, so please be patient.

Meanwhile, if you wish, you can download the full free PDF ebook from my website:https://melodierivers.weebly.com/the-shadow-paradigm-novels.html

As always, I welcome your comments and critiques, and I hope you enjoy reading that story as much as I did creating it!

A parting song to introduce the story:

Under neon lights, we claim this townNo one can take us down, no, not tonightCity boys and city girls, runnin' wild

Burning like a fallin' starGolden stardust, that's what we areYoung voices carry onCome together in the same ole song

We're still hereWe're shadows fallingThe night is calling againWe're still hereWhere love is runningThe night is calling, again

Brother to Brother

Another night, another townWalking my heart aroundSame old choices, againLike so many tears in the rainWill they remember your nameYoung hearts reach fearlessly, in the night

We're still hereWe're shadows fallingThe night is calling againWe're still hereWhere love is runningThe night is calling, again

Sister to Sister

We're all togetherYou know, I careWe are, we will, always be together

We're still hereWe're shadows fallingThe night is calling againWe're still hereWhere love is runningThe night is calling, again

Credit: "We're Still Here" by Steve PerryComposers and Writers: Brian West & Steve Perry2018 © Sony Music Publishing Canada, Worldwide West Music Inc., Love BoxMusic

The inclusion of the above copyrighted work has been done under the free share law under the conditions that the hereby work is not-commercial and not-for-profit, and with good faith that the work hereby does not violate, insult or misrepresent the original authors of the copyrighted material.

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The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 55 Chapter 55 - Ka-dymyrrha RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 54 Chapter 54 - Goodbyes On The Hill RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 53 Chapter 53 - Splendore RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 52 Chapter 52 - Another Way RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 51 Chapter 51 - The Backup Plan RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 50 Chapter 50 - Madzistrale Korfmann RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 49 Chapter 49 - A Brother's Love RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 48 Chapter 48 - The Shiakar Paradigm RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 47 Chapter 47 - Incipience RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 46 Chapter 46 - The Power of a Nation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 45 Chapter 45 - Underground Rising RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 44 Chapter 44 - The Pure Ones RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 43 Chapter 43 - Retaliation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 42 Chapter 42 - Fourteenth Generation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 41 Chapter 41 - Randall's Rat RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 40 Chapter 40 - Cycle of Order RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 39 Chapter 39 - The Scapegoat RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 38 Chapter 38 - Frank Cooper RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 37 Chapter 37 - Temple XIII RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 36 Chapter 36 - A Game To Last Centuries RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 35 Chapter 35 - Confrontation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 34 Chapter 34 - Talion's Law RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 33 Chapter 33 - Suspicions of Shadows RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 32 Chapter 32 - Defiance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 32 Chapter 32 - Simulation Against Shadows RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 31 Chapter 31 - Regression RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 31 Chapter 31 - Evening Dance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 30 Chapter 30 - M.U.T. RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 30 Chapter 30 - Unexpected Variable RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 29 Chapter 29 - Simulation Against Shadows RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 29 Chapter 29 - The Librarian RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 28 Chapter 28 - Evening Dance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 28 Chapter 28 - Persuasion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 27 Chapter 27 - Unexpected Variable RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 27 Chapter 27 - Coincidences RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 26 Chapter 26 - The 12th Queen RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 26 Chapter 26 - The Strange Officer RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 25 Chapter 25 - Persuasion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 25 Chapter 25 - The Old Order RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 24 Prologue II - Kansas – 24 May, 2017 A.D. RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 24 Chapter 24 - The Strange Officer RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 24 Chapter 24 - Rough Start RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 23 Chapter 23 - The Old Order RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 23 Chapter 23 - The Disappearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 22 Chapter 22 - Rough Start RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 22 Chapter 22 - Knuckle Sandwich RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 21 Chapter 21 - The Disappearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 21 Chapter 21 - Disappearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 21 Chapter 21 - Disturbance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 20 Chapter 20 - Knuckle Sandwich RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 20 Chapter 20 - The Appearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 19 Chapter 19 - Disturbance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 19 Chapter 19 - The Hunt RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 18 Chapter 18 - The Appearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 18 Chapter 18 - The Superiors RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 17 Chapter 17 - The Hunt RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 17 Chapter 17 - The City of Glass RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 16 Chapter 16 - The Superiors RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 16 Epilogue I - Kansas, March 16th, 2019 RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 16 Chapter 16 - Cat and Mouse RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 15 Chapter 15 - The City of Glass RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 15 Chapter 15 - Some Time Aside RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 14 Chapter 14 - Cat and Mouse RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 14 Chapter 14 - Delicatue RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 13 Chapter 13 - Some Time Aside RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 13 Chapter 13 - Leitworstil RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 12 Chapter 12 - Delicatue RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 12 Chapter 12 - Close to Heart RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 11 Chapter 11 - Leitwortstil RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 11 Chapter 11 - Project Vymana RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 10 Chapter 10 - Close to Heart RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 10 Chapter 10 - A Fight of Kindness RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 9 Chapter 9 - Project Vymana RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 9 Chapter 9 - First Gear In Motion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 8 Chapter 8 - The Sins In All RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 8 Chapter 8 - The Council RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 7 Prologue I - Jerusalem - August 7, 1099 A.D. RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 7 Chapter 7 - First Gear In Motion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 7 Chapter 7 - Ordinary Heroes RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 6 Chapter 6 - The Council RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 6 Chapter 6 - Two Siblings And A Friend RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 5 Chapter 5 - Ordinary Heroes RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 5 Chapter 5 - A Slice of Life RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 4 Chapter 4 - Two Siblings And A Friend RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 4 Chapter 4 - Abraham Solomon RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 3 Chapter 3 - Abraham Solomon RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 3 Chapter 3 - The King's Knight RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 2 Chapter 2 - The King's Knight RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 2 Chapter 2 - Opposites RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 1 Chapter 1 - The Election RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 Epilogue II RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 Author's Note - A Little Update RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 60 Author's Note - A Little Update RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 59 Epilogue II RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 58 Epilogue I - Kansas, March 16th, 2019 RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 57 Chapter 55 - Ka-dymyrrha RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 56 Chapter 54 - Goodbyes On The Hill RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 55 Chapter 53 - Splendore RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 54 Chapter 52 - Another Way RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 53 Chapter 51 - The Backup Plan RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 52 Chapter 50 - Madzistrale Korfmann RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 51 Chapter 49 - A Brother's Love RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 50 Chapter 48 - The Shiakar Paradigm RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 49 Chapter 47 - Incipience RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 48 Chapter 46 - The Power of a Nation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 47 Chapter 45 - Underground Rising RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 46 Chapter 44 - The Pure Ones RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 45 Chapter 43 - Retaliation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 44 Chapter 42 - Fourteenth Generation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 43 Chapter 41 - Randall's Rat RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 42 Chapter 40 - Cycle of Order RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 41 Chapter 39 - The Scapegoat RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 40 Chapter 38 - Frank Cooper RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 39 Chapter 37 - Temple XIII RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 38 Chapter 36 - A Game To Last Centuries RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 37 Chapter 35 - Confrontation RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 36 Chapter 34 - Talion's Law RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 35 Chapter 33 - Suspicions of Shadows RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 34 Chapter 32 - Defiance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 33 Chapter 31 - Regression RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 32 Chapter 30 - M.U.T. RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 31 Chapter 29 - Simulation Against Shadows RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 30 Chapter 28 - Evening Dance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 29 Chapter 27 - Unexpected Variable RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 28 Chapter 26 - The 12th Queen RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 27 Chapter 25 - Persuasion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 26 Chapter 24 - The Strange Officer RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 25 Chapter 23 - The Old Order RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 24 Chapter 22 - Rough Start RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 23 Chapter 21 - The Disappearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 22 Chapter 20 - Knuckle Sandwich RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 21 Chapter 19 - Disturbance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 20 Chapter 18 - The Appearance RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 19 Chapter 17 - The Hunt RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 18 Chapter 16 - The Superiors RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 17 Chapter 15 - The City of Glass RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 16 Chapter 14 - Cat and Mouse RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 15 Chapter 13 - Some Time Aside RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 14 Chapter 12 - Delicatue RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 13 Chapter 11 - Leitwortstil RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 12 Chapter 10 - Close to Heart RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 11 Chapter 9 - Project Vymana RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 10 Chapter 8 - The Sins In All RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 9 Chapter 7 - First Gear In Motion RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 8 Chapter 6 - The Council RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 7 Chapter 5 - Ordinary Heroes RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 6 Chapter 4 - Two Siblings And A Friend RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 5 Chapter 3 - Abraham Solomon RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 4 Chapter 2 - The King's Knight RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 3 Chapter 1 - The Election RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 2 Prologue II - Kansas – 24 May, 2017 A.D. RoyalRoadL
The Shadow Paradigm - Book 1: Project Orb Weaver 1 Prologue I - Jerusalem - August 7, 1099 A.D. RoyalRoadL