Astray Mage drives home dystopian paranormal fiction

You’ll call Catenarian Chronicles dystopian paranormal fiction because by the time you finish Astray Mage, you’ll realize it’s not just fiction. It’s a warning.

Kaija Jokiharju has one goal in the Catenarian Chronicles: Master her Mage abilities at Linna Yliopisto, go back to school at Fenn University, graduate, then live a normal life.

But normal’s not on the table. If it were, Cursed Mage would’ve ended the story.

Kaija’s Mission: Truth, closure, and chaos

Enter Astray Mage, which takes you deep into Linna Yliopisto, a place with so many disturbing secrets, Kaija wants nothing more than to turn around and bail.

But she knows it’s not an option. Not long after the term starts, a spirit attacks her. Not to harm her; Kaija’s the only one who can literally unearth a horrifying secret.

One so dark, I won’t even name it here. But you can dredge up what I’m talking about when you read Deceived Mage, my two-year prequel to the Catenarian Chronicles and starring Kaija’s best friend in Mage Society, Ella Kinnunen.

Dystopian paranormal fiction rises from the ashes

What makes Linna Yliopisto so damn frightening, anyway? Sure, it’s an old castle that’s full of ghosts. But for the love of Christ, so is every other school in fiction that boasts an ounce of paranormal activity.

So, I twisted the knife. What if I told you the faculty spied on students using supernatural and technological means?

And if those students didn’t regurgitate statist dogmas, that same faculty would have no problem reprogramming them. Literally.

Linna Yliopisto isn’t just another haunted school

At Linna Yliopisto, you keep your head down, do what you’re told, and never—ever—ask why. But Kaija’s a truth-seeking firebrand on a mission.

And that mission’s to bring closure to thousands of lost souls still walking the world of Catenary, a dystopian surveillance-driven world not much different from our own.

If you’re into dark paranormal dystopian fantasy…

Then you’ll love Deceived Mage, Cursed Mage, Astray Mage, and its successors. We’re going beyond mainstream dystopian horror for this one, because the themes brought about in this series aren’t made-up fantasies.

The world and setting may be different, but the correlations to our home world and the world of Catenary, the United States of America as our superpower, and the nation of Vimsinew as Catenary’s superpower, are so close, it’s beyond frightening.

The scariest part? This is no longer fiction

When you read Deceived Mage, Cursed Mage, and Astray Mage, be scared. Be very scared. It’s not that I’m predicting the future while using an alternate world as a setting. Instead, I’m talking about the present.

If you’re ready to stop reading State-approved stories and start seeing the truth disguised as fiction, begin with Deceived Mage. That’s where the haunting really begins. Get Deceived Mage Now