A dark love legend becomes reality in the sequel to Mamnik and Lehusa
Five years after her last encounter with a mythical creature from Bulgarian folklore, Bozhana leads a seemingly normal life. But there is nothing normal about the ball lightning her son causes when he is angry. Nor about the devastating fires that threaten the Strandzha village of Usoe, where, despite the water crisis, the number of drowned women continues to rise.
What lies hidden in the mysterious waters of the Karaevren Reservoir? What connects all the drowned women found near the submerged village and the Asclepieion that remains at the bottom?
Bozhana and Mitko will meet with Branimir again to try to unravel a mystery that will take them far away, following the shadows of the clouds and forgotten ancient deities.
Vasil Popov
Vasil Popov was born in 1990 in Sofia. He graduated in Ecology from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, after which he worked for three years for the television channel “National Geographic”. His passion for photography took him to impressive places throughout Bulgaria, and his interest in Bulgarian nature and folklore became central to his future creative path. In 2020, he won the first competition for an original audio series organized by Storytel Studio. This is how Mamnik appeared on the Bulgarian literary market—a work that changed the history of genre literature in Bulgaria and continues to reveal the enigmatic facets of Bulgarian folklore to thousands of readers.
He is also the author of the books "Wolf Tales" (2022) and "Permafrost" (2023). "Lehusa" is his latest novel.
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