Shadowboxer

A Novel of Violence, Memory, and Identity

By: Trent Zelazny

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Hardcover | 3 April 2018

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114 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.12

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A contemporary crime novel of violence, memory, and fractured identity, following a young man drawn into a world shaped by brutality and unresolved pasts. As the narrative unfolds, personal history and present danger converge, forcing its central figure to confront both external threats and the instability of his own perceptions.

Trent Zelazny structures the work through intensity and compression, allowing tension to build through character rather than elaborate plotting. The prose remains direct and controlled, with emphasis on psychological pressure and the consequences of action. Violence is present but purposeful, emerging from circumstance rather than spectacle.

Positioned within Zelazny's body of dark and often transgressive fiction, Shadowboxer reflects a continued interest in identity under stress and the blurred boundary between victim and participant. The novel aligns with contemporary crime writing that privileges interior experience alongside external conflict.

Industry Reviews

"I have someone new to admire." -Joe R. Lansdale

"A gift for storytelling is in Trent Zelazny's genes." -Charles Ardai

"Trent Zelazny has already begun to carve out his own genre niche. He's got the right stuff to make fiction both engrossing and literate." -Tom Piccirilli

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