“Sword and sorcery with Shakepearian panache.” —World Magazine

“If Bill Shakespeare and Jack Vance got together to write a fantasy novel about a young man training to be a stealer of shadows, A Shadow All of Light might well be the result.

This is high-concept fantasy, magnificently executed, with many a deftly turned phrase to linger over and recall at leisure.” —Matthew Hughes, author of the Luff Imbry series

“The humor, inventiveness and suspense are top-notch, and the concept is as sly as Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire.” —Asheville Citizen-Times

“Chappell has a deft touch for comedy and for capers, and his witty, elegant prose shows a poet’s deep love for words.” —Publishers Weekly