# Shadowmancer Redeux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowmancer-redeux/241530>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowmancer-redeux/241530 "2004-04-22T23:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowmancer-redeux/241530/1 "2004-04-22T23:10:03Z")

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I’ve been reading several articles about the book (series?) “Shadowmancer”, from Britian (of course). As far as I can tell, it’s a “Christianized” version of Harry Potter, but haven’t been able to deduce how good the story actually is. Has any doper here read it, and could give me a general idea of the quality? With literature that is self-consciously Christian (as opposed to just Christian themes like you might find in LotR), that can be tricky as it tends to taint the reviews in different ways.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowmancer-redeux/241530/2 "2004-05-04T10:37:10Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=200452&highlight=shadowmancer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=200452&highlight=shadowmancer)

This is also a thread on it. I haven’t read it yet. All the relevant comments I’ve read shows the author-Anglican vicar as having no anti-Potter agenda but wanting to write something similar in which Theistic belief mattered. Also, comments have indicated that it’s not Christian-specific, but can be happily read by Jews & Muslims also.