The One Who Remains

<p><strong>The One Who Remains</strong><br><em>Book One of the Stone Sentinel Trilogy</em></p><p>In the dark basement of Kyiv's scientific archive Olena Karpenko discovers a notebook no one was meant to find - one that whispers writes back and moves on its own. As forgotten expedition reports resurface so do the shadows they once stirred.</p><p>Across the city Maksym Verba - ex-soldier turned historian - uncovers the same name the same secrets and a symbol that haunts his dreams.</p><p>Their fates converge around a lost expedition to the Carpathians in 1925 where silence was a warning and stone could remember blood.</p><p>Bound by dreams history and something far older than either Olena and Maksym must follow the echoes of the past - or risk becoming part of it.</p><p>A chilling lyrical debut from Volodymyr Savchuk <em>The One Who Remains</em> blends suspense folklore and slow-burning mystery in the haunting heart of Eastern Europe.</p>