BAKUNAWA’S CURSE

A rich, mythic romantasy that reimagines the legend of the moon-devouring Bakunawa of Philippine folklore as an epic love story between a mortal huntress and a runaway dragon heir.

She was raised to kill him. Fate had other plans.

Liya is the First Daughter of the Moon of Tribu Mayari, trained since childhood to hunt immortals and end the Bakunawa, the cursed dragon whose father once burned the moons and shattered the sky. One more kill, one more scale for the sacred weapon, and she’ll finally be free. Or so she thought.

He was fated to love her. If only she weren’t the enemy.

Lakan, the shapeshifting Bakunawa prince, has spent centuries running from a crown and a curse, choosing instead to work with the last moon goddess to atone for his father’s sins. He doesn’t need a mate. He definitely doesn’t need the fierce huntress who stole his heart scale and doesn’t even know what she’s holding. Not when inheriting a king’s purple fire could turn him into a monster.

One deadly encounter changes everything.

When Liya shoots the Bakunawa from the sky and finds a wounded human stranger where the dragon fell, she has no idea she’s nursing and falling for the very creature she was raised to destroy. When ancient secrets come to light, Liya and Lakan must decide whether love is strong enough to survive duty, blood, and twisted truths.

Bakunawa’s Curse is Book One of the Isle of Immortals series—an epic fantasy romance rooted in Filipino mythology, weaving arnis, patik, anting-anting, and precolonial traditions into a story of enemies-to-lovers and fated mates.

A Love Written in the Tides

This is not a gentle love story.
It is a story of longing carved in salt and blood—
of loving what the world was never meant to accept.

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CONTENT INFORMATION

Genre: Epic Fantasy Romance
Audience: Upper YA / Adult crossover
POV: Dual POV (Liya & Lakan)
Series: Isle of Immortals, Book 1
Status: Serialized
Length: ~70,000 words (30 chapters + prologue + epilogue)
Ending: Satisfying emotional arc; larger series conflict continues
Heat Level: 🌶️ Low spice — romantic tension, kissing, and emotional intimacy (no explicit sexual content)
Violence: Moderate to high (battle violence, injury, death, war themes)
Language: Moderate
Content Notes: Violence, war, grief, emotional trauma, torture, parental abandonment, death

THE SERIES

Isle of Immortals is a planned five-book fantasy romance series. Each book follows a different central couple while building toward an overarching conflict against a fallen goddess determined to claim the last moon.

Planned Books

Book 1: Bakunawa’s Curse — Lakan & Liya

Book 2: Aswang’s Blood — Sol & Amaya

Book 3: Alon & Dara

Book 4: Ali & Diwata

Book 5: Alab & Luna

Each book features its own romantic arc while contributing to the larger series story.

THE WORLD

Bakunawa’s Curse is set in a fantasy world inspired by Philippine mythology, precolonial Filipino culture, and folklore.

Inside the world:

• Bakunawa — sea dragons of myth and ruin

• Alitaptap — shapeshifting fireflies

• Kapre — tree-dwelling shadow giants

• Diwata — nature spirits and fae-like beings

• Sirens — ocean guardians with deadly songs

• Tikbalang — horse-headed tricksters  

Magic and myth:

• Babaylan traditions – Shamanic priestess magic

• Anting-anting – Protective amulets and enchantments

• Elemental powers – Tied to nature and ancestry

• Divine gifts – Moon magic, star power, celestial blessings

This is Filipino fantasy from the ground up—rooted in myth, folklore, and memory.

From the Author

✨Ready to Begin?

🌕 The hunt has begun. The last moon is falling. And love may be the only weapon left.