By Darlene N.Böcek
Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of faith & Fire
historical adventure in Ancient byzantium
Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of Faith and Fire, the EXPANDED second edition is now available for purchase in paperback, audiobook, and ebook.
Available NOW from author Darlene N. Böcek!
Author
Darlene N. Böcek
Darlene N. Böcek is the author of six books. She writes cross-genre.
🌇 YA Sci-fi suspense line
Her Sci-fi Fantasy Dystopia line includes
- The Immortals Series (currently in final stages before publication)
Speculative Mystery
- Tim Reynolds, Detective: The Death of Noah Black,
- The Special (A Short Origin Novel)
- and the podcast: They All Marveled Podcast.
🏺 historical & Mystery
Her YA historical fiction
- Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of Faith and Fire (Illustrated and revised second edition of Trunk of Scrolls: A Family Adventure)
Mystery
Speculative line
Her Speculative line includes
Return to Me Trilogy:
(BEYOND THE VEIL Supernatural Drama)
- The Last Noel: Reuben’s Story A Christmas Novella)
- Vera’s Story
- Monica’s Story
Classic Monsters (short stories)
- Silver and Sawdust (Werewolf-2021)
- Return from the Black Lagoon (Creature from the Black Lagoon-2023)
- The House of Hidden Faces, or The Invisible Landlord (Invisible Man-2024)
- Fit To Kill (Dracula-2025)
About the Author
Darlene N. Böcek and her family live in Izmir, Turkey. They are all Marvel MCU, early Star Wars, and Twilight Zone fans but her favorite sci-fi character is Rocket Raccoon, because he looks like ChicaLola (see below for details!). Besides being a pastor’s wife, she is mom to four wonderful young adults, each one her most favorite.
The family lives on an olive farm overlooking the Aegean Sea. To date, they have nine sixteen twenty-four cats, three two giant dogs, two four cute Havanese puppies and one African Grey parrot. (Click below for pictures!) Most pets are named for movie characters.
Latest News & Posts: Scrollkeepers
🤷♀️ Need Your Ideas 💡💡 Veil or Sci-fi?
From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Other Worlds MY NEXT FOCUS Over the past 18 months, I’ve been working on the Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of Faith and Fire relaunch, including now the audiobook and the Turkish translation. Ahead of me, I have a fork in the road. I NEED TO DECIDE which series to finalize first. Book 1 of each of them is almost ready. But it depends on what YOU want first. In Your Hands If you’re reading this, YOU need to put your vote in. Which have you been more…
🏡🏡 Home and Done 🔥🐎🐎
From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Other Worlds MY FROZEN SEAT It’s been funny to listen to the Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of Faith and Fire audiobook while sitting in my eternal recliner with my healing ankle raised. In the story, Byziana and Marcellus struggle with seemingly lifelong suffering all the while growing and learning to live a life faithful to God. What’s comic is that while I’m listening to Byziana ask “why” the earthquake happened (and all that destroyed her life),…
🚌 Back in the Driver’s Seat: Book Mobile Day! 🤕 🧭
From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Other Worlds MY ACCIDENT 🚑 It’s been a while since I last wrote, and I wanted to update you on my accident. 🚨 My ankle was majorly messed up. It’s called an “ugly trimalleolar fracture-dislocation.” Doctors in Pt Townsend fixed the dislocation. But for the repair, I had to go home. I flew from Seattle to Istanbul/Izmir on a 16h trip with the broken foot. ✈️🌍 HEAT WAVE We arrived in the middle of a heat wave (43*C on my arrival, 109*F)🔥, and my…
