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.
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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.
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From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories Merry Christmas from my home to yours! I know Christmas doesn’t always turn out as the perfect, ideal, family-ties and Hallmark movie type experience. Today I’m praying that no matter how it compares to your past or ideal hopes, that at the forefront you will dwell on the Word become Flesh. The miracle of the Incarnation–Mary saying, “may it be to me according to your word,” is a model for us in how we approach God. When…
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From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories The Darlene N. Böcek Book Community Hey friend, Now that the 2025 Kickstarter is over, I wanted to let you know what, Lord willing, 2026 holds in store on our Community site. This world is going dystopian. No doubt about it. Normal people have to figure out how to live in this chaotic world. We want CLEAN READS and UPBUILDING FICTION to help entertain and encourage us on this journey. We want to stay true to our faith as…
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From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Dear Reader, I’ve been wrestling with something for a long time, and I want to share it with you candidly. Over the past few years, we’ve all sensed it—that slow pull of the apps, the scroll that never ends, the way our attention is quietly siphoned away. Johann Hari wrote in Stolen Focus, “the algorithm has one driving principle: show you what keeps you looking.” Not what builds you up. Not what roots you…
