Ekaterina Mironenko

A coming of age story set in medieval Japan. A friendship between a young fox god and his human childhood friend is built on deception, but grows stronger and purer as it's driven by common purpose. However, the vast differences of the worlds they live in can't be ignored, as their relationship is frowned upon by both humans and spirits. Kogitsune's feelings for his human friend go beyond friendship. He will fight for their bond with everything he has, but it will consume him and change him.  ‘Kogitsune’ is a retelling of the famous Noh theater play ‘Kokaji’, a story about a swordsmith who requests the help of the Inari god to build a sword for emperor Ichijo (980-1011). Picture on the cover by © Ekaterina Glazovak | Dreamstime.com

Quién diría que un arma moribunda tendría la oportunidad de volver a ver la luz luego de dejar escapar su último sentido de utilidad. Aquella arma moldeada para cumplir con situaciones fuera de todo lo que el ser humano conoce como justo y racional obtuvo el aliento de vida que no había pedido. Una nueva identidad fuera de todo sistema de asignación al cual estaba acostumbrada le ha sido otorgado, ya sea por obra sobrenatural, científica o divina. Sin embargo, su conocimiento se limita a lo aprendido dentro del bajo mundo y no sabe cómo afrontar la nueva situación. No obstante, el vago recuerdo de una súplica en su mente ya fue asimilado como su nueva misión en este nuevo entorno. Solo que, no está segura de cómo lograr aquello que va en contra de todo lo que fue su existencia anterior. Puesto que... ¿Como algo que fue entrenado para extinguir la vida de sus objetivos será capaz de mantener y preservar la existencia de otro?

The girl walked closer to the fireplace, staring at the crackling flames. The family watched as she put her hand over the flames, seemingly unhurt. "I see evil in this house" she muttered, turning towards the family "The evil still haunts you no matter what you do." The girl walked towards the makeshift knife and faced the father. "You are fortunate to receive such a gift from them." The rains and winds howled louder, drowning out the screams of the family, as if helping the girl in her act.

When one day is able to flip Ekaterina's life upside down, a dangerous guy forces her into a marriage, and her father completely agrees, her trying everything in her hand to ruin it, telling him all her flaws, and even some nonexistent ones, but will that stop him from marrying her? you guessed it, Nope absolutely not, the wedding is in two weeks, boom! And she's married, but will the way she feels towards him changes when they start living together, seeing each other's flaws, experiencing laughter and sad moments together, maybe they have more in common than they thought, So is it possible that all this bickering and distrust potentially turn into something more beautiful? Maybe, maybe not. But when slowly, it starts to unravel that Ekaterina is hiding a secret that will ruin both their lives, will this story take a turn for the worse?