Blog Archives
There Is An Unseen World
Shadow Walkers follows a married couple who are pulled into a spiritual war in which gifted women and their paladin partners answer to an old sacred order. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
There is an unseen world, not just something whispered about in sermons, but something real, organized, and ancient. This unseen world does have rules, hierarchy, and even strategy. So, to counterbalance this I came up with the concept of gifted women and their paladins. Theirs was a blend of faith, responsibility, and partnership.
And then I asked the more personal question: what would that kind of calling do to a marriage? Because at its core, Shadow Walkers isn’t just about demons. It’s about two people who love each other deeply, trying to navigate a life that keeps asking more of them than feels fair. That tension—that “we didn’t sign up for this, but we’re here anyway”—was really the spark.
Lisa is portrayed as capable but also uncertain and burdened. What drew you to writing a leader who wrestles with doubt?
Because everyone has flaws and strengths. Lisa’s strength isn’t that she’s fearless—it’s that she feels the weight of every decision and keeps going anyway. She knows people can get hurt based on what she chooses. She knows she doesn’t have all the answers. And yet… she still steps forward. It mirrors faith in a way. You don’t always feel certain, but you move forward because you believe you’re being called to.
The story shifts between intense action and moments of humor and tenderness. How do you approach balancing those tones?
I’ve been in combat, in Vietnam. Conflicts don’t happen in one tone. Even in the middle of something terrifying, someone cracks a joke. Someone reaches for a hand. Someone says something completely ridiculous just to break the tension.
Jason, especially, became my anchor for that balance, and then the quieter moments—the tenderness, the marriage, the little bits of normal life—they’re not breaks from the story. They are the reason the story matters. If you don’t care about the relationship, the stakes don’t land.
Who do you most hope connects with this book—fans of fantasy, readers of Christian fiction, or both?
I wrote Shadow Walkers for readers who want action, mystery, supernatural tension, and a little pinch of romance. But they also want meaning underneath it. Readers who enjoy a good battle scene and a conversation about purpose. Readers who laugh at a well-timed joke and then sit quietly with something deeper a page later. And maybe, most of all, I wrote it for people who just want a story about love that holds steady, even when everything else gets a little apocalyptic.
Author Links: Website | Amazon
But the rules have changed.
When the team’s spiritual gifts refuse to go dormant after a routine mission, Lisa knows a “great evil upheaval” is coming. The summons arrives from the regal Dorinda Fletcher: the team must deploy to Haiti. A powerful bokor named Alqadim has risen, commanding an army of the possessed, ancient demons, and a relentless horde of the undead.
To fight a physical war in a spiritual realm, the Gifted are joined by their Paladins—husbands and protectors armed with high-tech, non-lethal weaponry designed to incapacitate the possessed without taking innocent lives.
Shadow Walkers
Shadow Walkers is a Christian supernatural fantasy thriller that follows Lisa and Jason, a married couple pulled into a hidden spiritual war where gifted women and their paladin partners hunt demons, confront possession, and answer to an old sacred order. This mission starts with a gathering at Fletcher Mansion, where the team learns that something in their usual pattern has gone wrong, their gifts have not gone dormant, and a far larger battle is coming. The story then opens out into a dangerous campaign involving demon law, possessed people, undead forces, and a mission in Haiti that feels bigger than a single assignment and more like the start of a wider storm.
The book’s tone is intense, but it also makes room for warmth, teasing, and domestic tenderness, especially in the way Lisa and Jason talk to each other. Their banter gives the novel a human center, and at its best, it keeps the story from becoming all lore and combat. I was drawn to Lisa as a lead because she isn’t written like a fearless action machine. She worries. She hesitates. She carries the strain of leadership in a way that feels personal rather than theatrical. That choice gave the book a grounded pulse. Some scenes land with real momentum, while others repeat emotional beats or overexplain. Even so, I kept feeling the author’s sincerity on the page, and that counts for a lot.
I was also interested in the author’s wider choices. Bob Leone builds the book around spiritual hierarchy, ritual, duty, and moral tension, not just around monsters, and that gives the fantasy elements a distinct identity. The friction between Lisa and Magdalana adds real texture because it turns leadership into more than a title. It becomes a live question. Who should lead, and what kind of person should lead when the rules are old but the danger keeps changing? I thought the Haiti mission, the bokor, and the undead raised the stakes in a way that pushes the story into darker and broader territory. Sometimes the book feels like it’s carrying a lot at once, romance, action, theology, team drama, military-style planning, supernatural lore, but there’s also something compelling about that ambition. It reads like a story that genuinely believes good and evil are not abstract ideas. They’re close enough to touch.
I would recommend Shadow Walkers to readers who enjoy faith-infused supernatural fiction, especially people who like demon-hunting stories with a strong relationship at the center and a clear moral framework. Readers who value heart, conviction, and a fast-moving spiritual warfare premise will likely find a lot to appreciate here. It feels best suited for fans of Christian speculative fiction, paranormal thrillers, and team-based fantasy adventures that care as much about calling and loyalty as they do about the next fight.
Pages: 340 | ASIN : B0GFY8MPYR
