Coming out of the Shadow (Polish: Wyjście z cienia) is a science fiction novel by Polish writer Janusz A. Zajdel. Critics variously translated the title as Out of the Shadow, Leaving the Shadow, etc. Finished in 1978, it was first printed in 1983 by Czytelnik Publishing House. It belongs to the genre of social science fiction of dystopia type and describes the future of the Earth under control of the aliens. In the introduction to the book, the author reveals that the plot of the novel is an evolution of an idea found in the short story Solidarność by Julia Nidecka.