The Lady of Rolika: A Frostmarked Tale
About this ebook
An undying sorceress sworn to slay her.
Only one can be The Lady of Rolika.
Kostroma once held the earth in her grasp. But that time has long passed. Cursed because of the gods’ lies, she’s spent lifetimes clawing back her power to punish them for betraying her. Now, she’s known only as ‘The Lady,’ and Rolika is her city.
Then the witch arrived.
Bringing promises of destruction at the hand of the goddess of winter and death, Minna has met Death too often to count. Each time, her goddess has brought her back, and each time, less of her soul survived the return. It doesn’t matter. Her goddess demands she kill The Lady and take her place. Minna won’t fail.
A story of revenge, sinister magic, and hope amid the darkness, enter The Frostmarked Chronicles’ world of Slavic mythology with this tale inspired by the legend of Kostroma and Kupalo.
Note: This story can be read independently of The Frostmarked Chronicles but includes minor spoilers for The Daughters of the Earth and previous books in the series.
About the author
Brendan Noble is a Polish and German-American author currently writing fantasy inspired by Slavic mythology: The Frostmarked Chronicles. Through these books and his “Slavic Saturday” post series on YouTube and his website, he hopes to bring the often-forgotten stories of eastern Europe into new light.
Shortly after beginning his writing career in 2019 with the publication of his debut novel, The Fractured Prism (Book 1 of The Prism Files), Brendan married his wife Andrea and moved to Rockford, Illinois from his hometown in Michigan. Since then, he has published two series: The Prism Files and The Frostmarked Chronicles.
Brendan founded Eight-One-Five Publishing in 2021, wishing to inspire and help authors in the Rockford area write, publish, and distribute their works, regardless of socio-economic status.
Outside of writing, Brendan is a data analyst, soccer referee, and the president of Rockford FC (Rockford’s semi-pro soccer club). His top interests include German, Polish, and American soccer/football, Formula 1, analyzing political elections across the world, playing extremely nerdy strategy video games, exploring with his wife, and reading.
