Witch Hunter

by Domien De Groot

Overview

Summary

Witch Hunter is a dark fantasy novel that tells the story of Ludlov, one of the most respected witch hunters in Sevenpeaks. When Sevenpeaks is overtaken by fear and death, all magic users are blamed for this turmoil. In an attempt to save the city, the Grand General Lady Hoskiv enforces the Magicide Act, which orders the witch hunters to kill all magic users, no exceptions... Ludlov suspects that Samina, a young witch, has more information on the evil cult that killed his wife. After a visit to the dungeon where she's imprisoned before her execution, he is torn between giving up on his plan for revenge or giving up his reputation.

This is the first novel in The Legends of Sevenpeaks series, that is set in a gothic fantasy world. The story takes place in and around the biggest city of Ivennendale, Sevenpeaks. Meanwhile, a spin-off has been released called The Beast of the Western Wilds, a tale that takes place a couple of years prior to Witch Hunter. And this won't be the last of Ludlov's adventures...

An award-winning story...

Witch Hunter is a story based on a 4-hour audio drama that won an Ogle Award in 2011 (honourable mention). It was reworked into a 13-hour epic dramatized audiobook that was released as a podcast and nominated for a Parsec Award in two categories in 2016.

Reviews from fans

Witch Hunter has received a great number of positive reviews and recommendations from fans online:

- Just astonishing! I highly recommend it!

- Twist after twist after bloody twist. Absolutely brilliant!

- This was amazing. 10/10!

- This was crazy interesting!

- Awesome story!

- Excellent story! I am impressed! This is wonderful!

- My god this is so epic!

- ...

For fans of dark fantasy and gothic fantasy in an epic setting

This is the debut novel of Domien De Groot, a writer and voice-over from Audio Epics, who has always been a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and who was inspired by the Warhammer fantasy setting. Fans of Witch Hunter have compared the story to popular games like The Witcher, Dragon Age, Castlevania and Ravenloft. Lovers of the fantasy classics will probably enjoy this.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798567283523
Publisher:	Independently Published
Publication date:	11/19/2020
Series:	Witch Hunter , #1
Pages:	470
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Domien De Groot was born in Antwerp, Belgium, home to some of the most beautiful gothic architecture in the world. Inspired by the works of Tolkien, he started writing stories and creating audio drama at a young age and went on to study linguistics and pursue voice acting.

"Witch Hunter", a dark fantasy story written as an audio drama and produced with the help of his wife Eline and his composer Peter Van Riet, was his first production to be published online. It became a hit in the audio drama community and won an Ogle Award in 2010.

Two years later, Domien won the Gold Ogle with his fantasy audio drama "The Will of the Woods". He's been a special guest at CONvergence (Minneapolis) and he has been interviewed on several audio drama showcase podcasts such as The Sonic Society, Radio Drama Revival and The Audio Drama Production Podcast.

"Witch Hunter" is Domien's first novel. It is the revised and expanded version of the audio drama. The novel is released alongside a dramatized audiobook featuring several voices, stirring music and sound effects.

Domien enjoys walking in the woods, movie scores, a good Belgian beer and roleplaying games.