Before the Ritual: Setting the Stage for the Soul Series | a Dark Fantasy series prequel

Every necromancer has a “First Death”—not their own, but the one that cracked their world open. Before Esmeralda Morado was a shadow-wielding baddie, she was a girl trying to outrun a legacy she never asked for.

My FMC’s Journey:

Generational trauma is a common theme in my Soul Series, beginning with Umbral Bonds. And for my characters, their bloodlines have a body count.

Before Esmer met others that could do magic, she was abandoned by her parents, left to deal with her “madness” on her own. And though they didn’t know she still had her ghost bff at her side, that ghost was the one and only reason that Esmer kept going.

In Caging Death, we meet Adriana Macias, a death witch—or magi as they began calling them in 1966. Her magic is a lot like Esmer's except Adriana isn't a necromancer—she's a Grave Tender, a death magi tasked with keeping the balance, not disturbing it.

Why You Need this Dark Fantasy Series Prequel Novella

This prequel isn’t just “extra credit.” It is the origin of the scars seen throughout the Soul Series—the story of a ritual that changed Esmer's life, or unlife, and how it should have been and once you get to the Soul Series finale, Reaping Ends, you'll finally understand how these secrets still haunt a legendary bloodline.

The Unearthed Soul Series Prequel is Free to Penny's newsletter subscribers.

Claim Your Grimoire (Free on March 16th)

This Monday, the Dark Fantasy series prequel novella officially summons itself into the world. It’s my gift to the coven—a way to see the darkness that started it all before the sunlight arrived.

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The ritual is almost prepared.

See you in the shadows,

💜🖤🩶

Penny

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The Disclosure (The "Ancestral" Version):

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