From the introduction: A young mother paws through the children’s section, looking for a good deal on summer shorts for her eight-year old. As she shops she sees something move out of the corner of her eye—a humanoid torso where none should be. She turns quickly, but the shadow escapes her, returning to wherever it is these shadows go. In a dimension opposite the world of light, a world of dark is waiting…. This is Shadowland, and you are a shadow trying to survive in a crime-infested world of dark shifty characters. Three major factions control the light of the world and—depending on whose side you are on—you are either the hunted or the hunter.