D. N. Hoxa

D. N. Hoxa is a fantasy author whose novels combine supernatural communities, hidden powers, and fast-moving urban settings. Dark Shade is the third and concluding volume of The Dark Shade trilogy, following Shadow Born and Broken Magic. Published in 2023, it completes a sequence whose titles trace an escalating struggle with magic and the threatening world behind the series name. Hoxa has also written the New York Shade books and other interconnected paranormal and urban-fantasy series, giving readers multiple entry points into fiction centered on unusual abilities and secret societies. Her work tends to build momentum across consecutive volumes, so the position of Dark Shade matters: it is the payoff to a three-book arc rather than an unrelated standalone novel. That series context also helps distinguish the title from the broader shade imagery used elsewhere in her bibliography. For readers following Hoxa’s work in order, Dark Shade closes a compact trilogy while reflecting her larger interest in contemporary fantasy worlds governed by dangerous forms of magic.