Dungeons & Dragons and Solo Leveling's Surprising Replacement Changes Dark Fantasy Forever

Image via Aethon Published Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Sam Fang primarily covers news for CBR, with over a decade of experience writing about entertainment and pop culture and degrees in both journalism and art. Sign in to your CBR account A new dark fantasy novel series has arrived, and it's ready to rival Dungeons & Dragons and Solo Leveling with its world building and power systems. Guiltythree's Shadow Slave series offers the perfect escape for fans of either series. Aethon Books will officially publish Demon of Change, the second book in Guiltythree's Shadow Slave series on Feb. 16, 2026. The third entry, Prince of Nothing, will follow on April 13, 2027. The first volume, Child of Shadows, was published as a webnovel and transports readers into the world of Sunny, a young boy who becomes infected by a Nightmare Spell and makes a journey to the Dream Realm. As the series dives even deeper with its new volumes, it's taking the core tropes it shares with Solo Leveling and Dungeons & Dragons and executing them in fresh and exciting new ways. Aethon Books Releases New Volumes for Guiltythree's Shadow Slave Series The publisher dubs Guiltythree's Shadow Slave series to be "a ...