I am quickly learning change is inevitable when starting a new venture. Once the final manuscript was completed, the author and I realized the original pen name did not match the story.
I want to introduce Marichka as our new pen name. Here is the blurb for the first book “The Hidden Awakening” which will be published in two weeks.
Marichka, a young woman haunted by nightmares of her mother, is sent to live with her aunt following her parents’ untimely death. On her first day at her new school, she boards a bus driven by a peculiar man named Leymohn and his dachshund, Batohn. The bus journey takes an unexpected turn as Marichka finds herself alone on the bus, with Batohn taking the wheel. Following the dog’s lead, she exits through the emergency door and lands in Leymohn’s whimsical house. Leymohn reveals her parents were powerful magic users who belonged to a secret society called the Molfarii. He tasks Marichka with saving Subprovinsia, their magical homeland, from a dark force known as the Chornah Choomah.
Marichka arrives at the Chornohora Academy of Subprovinsia, where she struggles to fit in and conceal a mysterious snake-like device on her back. She encounters Yaroslav, a student suspicious of her sudden appearance and seeking answers about his sister’s death. Together, they uncover a hidden laboratory within the academy, where they discover the Chornah Choomah is being developed and learn the snake device, a Hex Coil, suppresses Marichka’s magic. Leymohn reveals himself as the one responsible for her parent’s deaths and intends to harness her powers.
Fueled by anger and a desire for justice, Marichka embraces her latent magical abilities, breaking free from the Hex Coil’s control. She defeats Leymohn, destroying the Chornah Choomah and saving Subprovinsia. With her newfound power and purpose, Marichka is welcomed into the magical community, ready to embrace her destiny.