In a city of forgotten beauty and crumbling memories, one man sculpts the souls of the lost—at the cost of his own.

Blind sculptor Solomon Dyer awakens to a shadow that isn't his. In the rain-soaked ruins of Veridia, where sorrow clings to every crumbling wall, he discovers a haunting gift: the ability to absorb the grief of others through mysterious, shifting shadows that imprint themselves upon him. Each morning, a new shadow arrives—each night, a new sculpture gives form to a sorrow not his own.

As the city slowly heals through his work, Solomon begins to unravel. Memories fade, his identity fragments, and a mysterious woman named Lyra appears, offering riddles and a glimpse of the truth behind his strange affliction. To reclaim himself, Solomon must follow the trail of shadows through the city's labyrinth of secrets and sorrow—toward a final sculpture that may save Veridia... or cost him everything.

The Man Who Traded Shadows is a lyrical, deeply emotional journey through grief, memory, and the transformative power of art. For fans of The Shadow of the Wind, The Night Circus, and The Book Thief, this novel is a testament to the enduring beauty found in broken things—and the price of healing a world through the heart of one man.