In the town of Gold Bar, nothing is left to chance.Crosswalks are staffed.Hallways are monitored.Every risk has a plan. Every plan has a cost.When Rowan and her younger brother Eli move to town, the rules feel reassuring-until Rowan starts noticing what doesn't belong. The gaps. The unnamed positions. The adults who appear at exactly the right moment.Nothing bad ever seems to happen in Gold Bar.Because it isn't allowed to.As small incidents are quietly corrected and questions gently redirected, Rowan begins to understand the truth: safety here isn't about protection. It's about control.And someone is always watching to make sure the system holds.The Place With No Shadows is a chilling psychological horror novel about perfect systems, invisible violence, and the terrifying cost of eliminating uncertainty.