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The Witch's Rebirth Series Inspired Merchandise by Award Winning Author Michaela RIley

The pentagram is complete — five points, four elements, one destiny. But the sacred pattern does not end with Labyrinth of Shadows. Book IV arrives just as Samhain approaches.

After Bugarach, Merona's path bends west into Gascony — and then east to Rennes-le-Chateau, one of Henry Lincoln's five pentagram points, where she masters Fire.

The Rhone is one of the oldest rivers in Europe. After Rennes, Merona masters Water on its banks — then returns to Septimania, the fifth point of the pentagram and the element of Spirit.

I traced my lineage back to the Merovingians — to Clovis I, first king of the Franks. He is my grandfather. And that is why this series exists.

I hid something in Labyrinth of Shadows that no reader has found yet — a real sacred geometric pattern embedded into Merona's journey across ancient Gaul.

Henry Lincoln spent decades proving a perfect pentagram exists in the sacred landscape of southern France. This is what he found — and why it matters to my family.

Pic de Bugarach rises 1,230 meters above the Languedoc plain. Locals call it the Mountain of God. It is where Merona first masters the Wind — and where Henry Lincoln's pentagram begins.

Most fantasy borrows from history. The Witch's Rebirth lives inside it. Here's the real history of the Merovingian kings, the witch trials of Copenhagen, and the ancient magic woven into Labyrinth of Shadows.

I planned to write one book. Just one. But when I finished Labyrinth of Shadows, I discovered that fifteen hundred years of history had more to say — and The Witch's Rebirth became an eight-book epic rooted in real Celtic mythology, Merovingian history, and my own family lineage.