Seeing Stone

The One Who RemainsBook One of the Stone Sentinel TrilogyIn the dark basement of Kyiv's scientific archive, Olena Karpenko discovers a notebook no one was meant to find - one that whispers, writes back, and moves on its own. As forgotten expedition reports resurface, so do the shadows they once stirred.Across the city, Maksym Verba - ex-soldier turned historian - uncovers the same name, the same secrets, and a symbol that haunts his dreams.Their fates converge around a lost expedition to the Carpathians in 1925, where silence was a warning, and stone could remember blood.Bound by dreams, history, and something far older than either, Olena and Maksym must follow the echoes of the past - or risk becoming part of it.A chilling, lyrical debut from Volodymyr Savchuk, The One Who Remains blends suspense, folklore, and slow-burning mystery in the haunting heart of Eastern Europe.

The Stone Sentinel – Book Three of the TrilogyIn the deep silence of a restricted archive, truth begins to breathe.Lida, an archivist drawn to the forbidden corners of Carpathian history, discovers that some files don't simply preserve the past-they awaken it. When documents begin to shift, voices echo through silence, and the Stone at the heart of a lost 1925 expedition starts to respond, Lida becomes more than a researcher. She becomes a witness.As the boundaries between memory, reality, and perception dissolve, a haunting presence emerges. The Stone is not just watching-it remembers. And for those who hear its voice, forgetting is no longer an option.Blending psychological suspense, metaphysical horror, and lyrical reflection, The Stone Sentinel is a story of memory that refuses to stay buried, of silence that speaks louder than sound, and of people who return not entirely whole-but changed forever.If you're drawn to the atmospheric mystery of Annihilation, the existential depth of Solaris, or the quiet dread of House of Leaves, this novel will resonate in the silence between your thoughts.Some archives keep secrets. This one remembers you.