The Sun Casts No Shadow
by Mark Richardson
October 20 – 23
In the walled, rotting City where daylight is a just a memory, pickpocket Wellington Thorneycroft drifts through life. The rules are simple: take what you can, feel nothing, and never look too closely at the shadows.
But when a ghostly woman appears—silent, radiant, impossible—everything shifts. Her promise is clear: we’ll escape together. With that, Thorneycroft is thrust into a fever-dream journey that twists through brothels, back alleys, and the outer edges of sanity itself.
Guided by visions and a growing hunger for something beyond the City’s poisoned streets, he begins to question the nature of the prison he calls home… and whether escape is even possible.
Laced with brutality and bleak wonder, Mark Richardson’s The Sun Casts No Shadow is a neo-noir descent into metaphysical horror.
Dark. Gritty. Unforgettable. Enter the City.
“A dark, stylish tale that revels in its ambiguity.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A fun little Ambrosia trip of a book, and it’s well suited to readers interested in taking a walk on the stranger side of noir.” —Dark Matter Magazine
“The Sun Casts No Shadow by Mark Richardson is a dark and twisted tale of a city’s underbelly. Richardson’s work is a complex and intriguing account that will captivate readers from beginning to end.” —Portland Book Review
About the author
Mark Richardson writes neo-noir novels which blend elements from a wide range of genres. Kirkus Reviews has called his work dark, stylish, and wildly eclectic.
Richardson grew up in the Chicago suburbs, graduated from the University of Iowa, and has lived in California for decades. He now resides in the Bay Area with his wife, two children, and a dog.
