Welcome!
I’m Darlene.
And I bring mythology to life.
I write character-driven fantasies about gods and emperors, spanning centuries—across desert kingdoms, forgotten islands and frozen wastelands.
I’m so happy to invite you into my world, the world of the Zhandarian Chronicles.
The Zhandarian Chronicles
tell the story of how an empire forms from fragments of forgotten Earth mythology, fractured languages and broken pieces of ancient religions.
Book one, Rise of the Dragon’s Heir, focuses on Kamna, an outcast shepherd who struggles with a destiny he never chose and a desire to simply belong. Book two, also available, continues his struggle with prescribed identity versus free agency.
It moves between desert empires, seaside kingdoms, forgotten islands and frozen landscapes, tracing the lives of those caught between the power they inherit and the choices that define them. It’s mythic fantasy that explores purpose, belonging and identity. History here is never fully written, what is recorded tells only part of the story, and what goes unspoken continues to shape the world in ways no one can predict.
If you're drawn to fiction where myth, memory, and identity are as consequential as any battlefield, this is a world you will want to enter.
"Campbell uses the tools of the fantasy world-building genre to create a familiar but new and exciting adventure.” —David Rogers