Fire Witch

Night Order #0.5

by Rachael Boucker

Never trust a demon.They've taken to calling it the dark ages, these last remnants of humanity. Huddled in hovels shared with their livestock, tilling the earth no further than their fenced boundaries. And still they shun witches, even though witches are making their world safer—one severed demon head at a time.Dith has fire magic, rare and blood gifted, and a temper to match its heat. She's been dragged to the depths of drowner lakes, fought creatures in the darkened forests, and seen torment beyond the realms of human understanding. All this she's overcome, but she'll need an ally to see her through her greatest challenge yet.This short story prequel is a stunning start to the epic Night Order Series.Shades of Night - December 2022Untamed Night - 2023

77 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2022

About the author

Rachael Boucker doesn't know how she got on this planet, but she sure as celibate, shelved Seans doesn't know how to get off it.

She's settled in the Forest of Dean UK, a hub for peculiar beings, with her human Richard (enslaved in a long term relationship) and three hybrid semi-sentient miniatures.

With a tentative connection to the hive mind, Rachael listens in on strange stories spanning multiple dimensions, and passes these eavesdroppings off as fiction, mostly horror and fantasy. Sci-fi can be triggering, dredging up memories of the spacebound life she left behind, but she does occasionally indulge in this genre. Look out for her Night Order dark fantasy series, being published by Eerie River Publishing.

Reviews

[Neen Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brilliant novellette night order series prequel. I love the world building, the magic system, and Boucker's way with words. A mix of laugh out loud moments with others where I literally had to turn my head away from the gruesome descriptions. A fun read, and I now can't wait to get to book one of the Night Order Series.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Over too quickly!

What a great introduction to this world! I was completely engrossed within the first few sentences and torn between reading swiftly to see what happened next and trying to slow myself down to savour the word craft. Marvelous.
Even in such a short span there were twists that took me by surprise, and this brief taste has me hungering for more. Definitely plan to seek out more from this author and cannot recommend this story too highly.

[Dean Asquith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adored Shades of Night so much I had to read the prequel!!! Read this after Shades of Night! I’m makes it highly intense! I adored it!

A fantastic extension to the Night Order series! Rachael Boucker continues her exquisite storytelling in this fast paced, nightmare filled prequel!