Michelle D Sonnier

Treated with disdain by her family her entire life for not living up to their expectations-or prophesy-Arabella Leyden forges her own path and attains her greatest wish: to join the Sisterhood of Witches, doing so in a manner no one ever anticipated. As the first-ever technomancer, the way before her is fraught with peril. Can she survive the machinations of her order, or be ground between the gears of reluctant progress? More important yet, can she succeed at her first assignment: find the root cause of the famine sweeping through Ireland? A task that has already claimed two witches of the Sortilege line. Her future hangs in the balance... perhaps even her very life...

There is no aspect of life that magic does not touch, including death. Raised to follow in her mother's footsteps, groomed to be a proper hedgewitch, Macaria longs to blossom and bloom both into womanhood and her magic. But deep inside, doubts have begun to take root. During a springtime ritual meant to ensure a fruitful growing season, fate conspires to redirect Macaria's path. Falling victim to ill omen after ill omen, she returns home bloody and bruised to meet her destiny. With the dawn, and an unfortunate sacrifice, her magic unfurls and her new vocation as a death witch is revealed. Can Macaria learn to see the beauty in Death? Or will the Council of Witches force her into its final embrace? A prequel novella in the universe of The Clockwork Witch