title: The Shadow Demons
author: Frederick Semken
description: Frederick Semken has had fifteen short stories published in literary reviews and magazines. He previously practiced international law as an associate company attorney.
zlib_text: Baldur's Gate II, Book Two
  
  Shadows of Amn
  
  By Philip Athans
  
  Proofed by BW-SciFi
  
  Ebook version 1.0
  
  Release Date: August, 27th, 2004
  
  Everything that was the essence of Abdel Adrian disappeared into a roiling
  vortex of rage, bloodlust, and wild, kill-frenzied mania. His body
  contorted—he could feel that, and it hurt. He was changing again. He didn't
  know exactly what was happening to him, how it was happening to him, or why it
  was happening to him. He could feel it and experience it only for the first
  few moments, then any greater consciousness was replaced by the pure murderous
  impulses of the Bhaal-spawned demon he had become.
  
  
  This one's for The Group:  
  Gordon  
  Laura  
  Mike  
  Andy  
  Eric  
  Carl  
  and Julie
  
  
  Chapter One  
  Late in the summer of the Year of the Banner, Abdel Adrian, son of the God of
  Murder, returned to Candlekeep a hero.  
  Gates that had been closed to him only weeks before were thrown open this
  time. A man he'd known all his life, a man who had accused him of m