A lifelong reader whose love for fantasy was forged by novels like Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana, I write under pen name Marian Land. I am also writer of Earthborn - a labor of love 15 years in the making. Earthborn is an experiment : a fantasy novel where the father - daughter dynamic is not a subplot, but a very narrative engine and beating heart of the story. This is notoriously rare in the genre, and I wanted to see if I could make it work. The story consciously subverts tired tropes, not for the sake of it, but to stay true to its core themes. At every turn I chose harder, more dangerous path. The result feels like dancing on a taut wire over a field of landmines - terrifying at times, but also immensely rewarding. My hope is, while the themes feel familiar, the execution feels wholly original. As a non-native English speaker with experience in non-fiction, Earthborn is my first venture into serializing and translating my own fiction. The prose is deliberately preserved in my own cadence to give the story its unique, authentic flavor.

Official website: https://earthbornnovel.com/