Jun 5, 2016
Hello friends and fellow writers! Thank you for your support. THE SOFT FALL is currently being submitted to literary agents, with the goal of traditional publishing. If you’re a reader of mythology retellings, werewolf fantasy, strong heroines and diverse characters, this is the book for you! Please enjoy this jacket description below. Cheers, x Marissa
In the desolate, theocratic village of Awl-Feth, anyone suspected of lycanthropy is declared demonic and burned alive. Nineteen-year-old Dianna’s wolf is hidden under her skin, and it wants out.
After a vicious attack reveals her monstrous secret, Dianna is faced with her worst fears: her father executed, her brother missing, and her life at the mercy of the tyrannical village High Elder. She must flee to the very place that corrupted her years ago – the wild woods of Silbarran – and join the other wolves living there. And while each harbors a dark past, no one’s is darker than that of Aimes, the mute healer with a strange and tragic gift.
But as the High Elder calls upon imperial mercenaries to purge the woods, another army is rising to bring the empire to a bloody end. It is up to Dianna to reconcile with her own nature as she and her new allies fight for their lives. For Silbarran is an intricate prison of inexplicable magic, and there’s nowhere to run…