🚀 Audiobook Funded! 🚀
Oleg’s Audiobook Kickstarter launched  Sept. 30 and we met the initial funding goal in 3 days and 75% of the “stretch goal” for the Book 2 prologue by the close of the campaign! Now, producer PaigeVox is getting ready to present this project to the world. In early 2026, we’ll be launching Book 2 Kickstarter for translation & editing. Please stay tuned and join our secure mailing list for notifications!
Order Your Mists Collector’s Cards!
Start your collection of Mists Trilogy treasures and artifacts with this collector’s card set for Tales of the Wandering Mists. Now available for pre-order, these tarot-style cards, beautifully illustrated by Luis Esquivel, evoke the book illustrations and will introduce you to the characters and draw you in to the story and settings.
To use the cards as a game, you can guess the character by reading text on the flip side of the image (don’t peek!). Use them as bookmarks for the characters, or simply admire these illustrations that visually connect to the fantastical worlds of the Wandering Mists.
Set of 35 2.75 x 4.75″ cards; $40 incl. shipping. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Additional sets will be made as the trilogy is published, so start your collection now!
An Author, A War,
& A Magical Tale
Tales of the Wandering Mists trilogy
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- Book One: Tales of the Wandering Mists (Feb. 24, 2025)
- Book Two: The Man with Four Shadows
- Book Three: The House of Deceit
When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 24, 2022, Oleg Veretskiy’s career as an author was just taking off. Without hesitation, Oleg put his writing career on hold to support his country’s fight for freedom and rebuilding; eventually joining the military.
Pierce Press is honored to be able to publish Oleg’s magical tale in English and eventually more languages, so that the world can enjoy his transcendent storytelling.
Book One is available now: Order online or get the special first edition directly from the publisher.
“Tales of the Wandering Mists blends the wild imagination of Alice’s journey to Wonderland with the melancholy wisdom of The Little Prince to create an altogether unique narrative.” – Alex Shvartsman, author, speaker, translator
Chanticleer OZMA Awards & Paris Book Festival Award!
Oleg’s book has been shortlisted in the second round of Chanticleer’s Ozma Book Awards! Attracting hundreds of entries, the Ozma Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Magic, Steampunk and Fantasy Fiction. Grand Prize winners are announced in April 2026. This honor means so much to Oleg, his readers, and the book production team! Buy the book and support Ukraine here. This summer, we also won runner-up status in the fantasy category at the (US-based) Paris Book Awards. And the reviews keep coming in!
Oleg’s trilogy is translated by Marina Palenyy Bailey in close cooperation with author Oleg. Book One just rolled off the press, but Marina’s already nearly finished with translation of Book Two! Our lead editor is Megan McKenna; UCCN Chronicles artist Daria Kochnieva created the dynamic cover illustration; digital nomad Luis Esquivel parries our complex requests and returns amazing graphics from his creative lair in Argentina; and Kelly Shifflett, aka our “fairy book-mother” proofreads, cheerleads, and sends us her natural artwork. Laura Williams rocks as our WordPress web wizard. Jessie O’Leary is now assistant editor; Victoria Pudova is our star 2025 intern, and Monika Krueger will be coming on as an intern soon. Additional editing and proofreading was done by Ceylan Ozguner, Maryam Nawaz, and Megan Harris.
All content on this site © 2023-2025 by Oleg Veretskiy and Pierce Press. All rights reserved; contact publisher for permissions.
The Story
Brace yourself. You are about to dive into the fantastical tale of a precocious girl named Lisa. As she embarks on a quest to save her mother using an enchanted music box that she must learn how to fix, Lisa braves heart-pounding encounters with fantastical creatures. While on the run from malevolent forces that wish to take her down in order to steal her supernatural powers, she unlocks secrets in ancient wisdom, and forges her own identity. Throughout her adventures, Lisa takes charge of her own coming-of-age and in the process, becomes the heroine of her own journey. Readers daring enough to follow Lisa will become intimately acquainted with the strange beasts of the worlds of the Wandering Mists — the air- and earth-bound Dolphins, the petrifying Riven, the quarrelsome Inside-Out Man, the sinister Acrid, the wild and wondrous Gardener, and even the enchanting Craftsman who is able to fix anything. Welcome to the Worlds of the Wandering Mists!
NEXT: Book 2, The Man with Four Shadows!
