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Pub Date Jun 23 2026 | Archive Date Jun 16 2026


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Description

A gothic standalone combining the gaslamp fantasy of C. L. Polk’s Witchmark with the slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance of Isa Agajanian's Modern Divination and the whimsy of Howl's Moving Castle.

When the king calls a hunt for the Lichtenwald forest’s elusive phoenix, wizard Sy jumps at the chance. Years ago, he indentured himself to the crown to pay for his magical education, and an unbreakable spell binds him to carry out the king’s every wicked whim, or face certain death. The prize is enough to pay off his debt, but he can’t survive the forest alone. Seeking help, he finds Anya, a skilled huntress living on the Lichtenwald’s edge, and lies about splitting the prize.

But Anya’s lying too. Cursed by a witch after killing her familiar, Anya must find the phoenix and bind it to the witch by the summer solstice, or else suffer a gruesome transformation. With the curse worsening and the Lichtenwald swarming with wizards, she needs Sy on her side – for now.

Neither of them can split the prize, nor win alone. And despite the growing attraction between them, betrayal remains their only option.

But anything is possible in the forest.

And the forest is hungry.
A gothic standalone combining the gaslamp fantasy of C. L. Polk’s Witchmark with the slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance of Isa Agajanian's Modern Divination and the whimsy of Howl's Moving Castle.

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Advance Praise

"S. E. Kiser's lyrical storytelling enchants like the wild itself in this quest for the impossible laced with dark magic and yearning."

– Ruth Frances Long


"In Hunt the Ever Wild, S.E. Kiser has crafted a dark story of societal entrapment and hidden desires, which gallops along like a twisted fairytale. An enticing and original fantasy story, the Lichtenwald forest will get under your skin almost as deeply as the characters who try to tame it."

– Laura Elliot, author of Awakened

"S. E. Kiser's lyrical storytelling enchants like the wild itself in this quest for the impossible laced with dark magic and yearning."

– Ruth Frances Long


"In Hunt the Ever Wild, S.E. Kiser has...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781836730071
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 336

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