"The Shade" is a captivating novel about life, love, and survival. This is the story of Norah and a handful of others who face unimaginable adversity in a desolate new world. After a mysterious shift wreaks death and destruction to the Earth, the few survivors must embark on a journey of grit and survival. Blending post-apocalyptic themes with science fiction, author Middy Glenn constructs a masterful story that all readers will enjoy.

“A knowing settled into her bones. Life as she knew it would never be the same." Norah and her family are a few of the survivors left to navigate the earth after a mysterious shift. With this shift comes gut-wrenching loss and pain that stretch Norah beyond what even she thought possible as her depression and self-loathing follow her into this strange new earth. Will she crawl out of the dark and find light again? Can a loss of this depth heal? Follow Norah on her journey of death, life, love, and everything in between in this gritty testament to the resiliency of the human spirit and the bonds of family—blood and chosen.

Middy Glenn is a social worker and fiction writer. She is also a mother, sister, partner, daughter, and lover of life's mysteries. Depression has been part of her own story for many years; some of the journal entries woven throughout this novel are from her personal writings.