title: The Shape of Light (Companions for the Journey)
author: James Wright
description: <div>James Wright (1927-1980) won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1972. His many books include the recent Selected Poems and A Wild Perfection: Selected Letters.</div>
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  # Silent War
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Cassidy Book Two
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## M.R. Forbes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Published by Quirky Algorithms
  
  
  Seattle, Washington
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This novel is a work of fiction and a product of the author’s imagination. Any
  resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Quirky Algorithms
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover illustration by Tom Edwards
  
  
  Edited by Merrylee Lanehart
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Do not fear the light. Let it guide you._
  
  
  The words moved through Cassidy like a heartbeat, pulsing in a steady rhythm,
  surrounding him as he stared at the brightness ahead.
  
  
  He was nowhere. And everywhere. Without shape or form, in an existence he had
  no ability to define. Not human. Not Shade. Not anything.
  
  
  He was between one thing and another. A bridge between places. Bizrathi 