✧ DARK SCI-ROMANTASY · FICTION & BEYOND
A mind for systems.
A heart for
untamed stories.
I’m Olenka Dark. I write about power, freedom, and people whose choices make everything more complicated.
CHRONICLES OF MIOVSTHE DEBUT NOVEL · EARLY ACCESS
The Wrong
Princess
He kidnapped the wrong princess.
And now the entire world will burn for it.
Serafina Faelor was supposed to obey, marry, and become a political solution. Instead, she ran.
In Miovs, a world of floating islands, controlled portals, advanced technology, and magic, choosing her own future comes at a dangerous price.
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ANOTHER STORY TAKING SHAPE
The Most Original
Dark Sci-Fi Romantasy
Ever Written
Working title · Satirical dark sci-fi romantasy
A completely ordinary heroine. A dangerously dramatic commander. A prophecy with very questionable priorities.
Nell finds herself in a story full of familiar tropes—and takes every absurd turn completely seriously. For readers who love romantasy, even when they can see the next twist coming.
Currently being written. Release details to come.
Get updates on this story →BEHIND THE STORIES
A developer’s brain.
A novelist’s curiosity.
After more than a decade in software development, I started writing a novel—and brought my habit of asking how everything connects.
That novel became The Wrong Princess. Its world became Miovs. And some of the problems I encountered along the way became tools of their own.
A little more about me →NOTES FROM THE WRITING DESK
Between the chapters.
ON WRITING & MAKING THINGS · OCTOBER 15, 2026
I’m a Novelist With a Developer’s Brain. It’s Both a Blessing and a Curse.
What happens when software engineering habits meet a novel full of secrets, consequences, and characters with plans of their own.
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ALSO ON MY DESK
Stories become tools.
While writing The Wrong Princess, I began developing uNovelist: a place to connect worldbuilding notes, timelines, and character relationships. It grows out of the questions I keep encountering in my own work.
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