The Shadow Watcher (Society in the Shadow of Civilization #1)

"There was no denying he knew me, better perhaps than I know myself. As I returned his gaze, I thought there was a hint of mischievousness in his expression, or perhaps it was malevolence. So disoriented was I, by his penetration of my existence, I could not determine which."

Living with the feeling she was being watched nearly every minute of every day didn't keep Samantha Marquet from enjoying her quiet life in Novica. Other than the occasional glimpse of a man wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, in strange places and at strange times, she had no reason to believe anything was out of the ordinary. Until the night the Shadow Watcher emerges from the darkness.

Sam is full of questions. Why does she need his protection? Who does he work for? And, at the root of it all, how does he look exactly as he did in a picture from her father's funeral, seventeen years ago?

His story so unbelievable, she knows it's the truth. Sam's world is transformed into a real-life version of bed-time stories her father told, as she learns her true inheritance is something much more valuable than the fortune she avoided. Something that will change the world one day, when the world is ready. Something that attracts enemies who will risk anything to take it for themselves.