title: Legends of the Dark Stranger: Words and Images
author: Richard W. McDowell
description: Richard goes by many handles. In China he is known as Le Cha; in Malaysia Rasiff; in Japan and Vietnam Richardsan; in Italy and Spain he is Ricardo Douello. Dark Stranger is derived from a Celtic translation of his given name. He currently resides in Torrance, California.
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  > Turned
  
  > Shadow City Book 2 (Diamond Edition)
  
  > C.M. Blackwood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events and incidents are
  either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious
  manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is
  purely coincidental.
  
  Text copyright © 2020 by C.M. Blackwood.
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  
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  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission from the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Chapter 1
  
  I don’t usually like to talk about him, but when I was a kid I had a Jack
  Russell named Buddy. He was my best friend, my little brother, and my co-
  conspirator in all things. He was a great jumper, and I taught him how to hop
  up on the kitchen counter to steal sugar cookies when my mother wasn’t
  watching.
  
  But then, when I was thi