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Michaela Riley’s Witch’s Rebirth Trilogy Sweeps Awards in 2025

  • Writer: Michaela Riley
    Michaela Riley
  • Nov 10, 2025
  • 2 min read

The literary world is buzzing with excitement as acclaimed author Michaela Riley continues her winning streak with The Witch’s Rebirth Trilogy. The first installment, Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch’s Rebirth, has taken the book awards circuit by storm, securing seven prestigious accolades in 2025 alone.


The Witch's Rebirth Trilogy
The Witch's Rebirth Trilogy

For fans of historical fantasy, Riley’s immersive storytelling, rich mythos, and compelling characters have made this series a standout. With accolades ranging from BookFest to the NYC Big Book Awards, it’s clear that critics and readers alike are enchanted by her work.


Award-Winning Success


Here’s a look at Labyrinth of Shadows’ impressive wins this year:


🏆 BookFest Fall 2025 – First Place, Historical Fiction

🏆 NYC Big Book Award – First Place, Historical Fiction

🏆 Literary Titan Gold Book Award – Fiction

🏆 International Impact Book Award – Fantasy (August 2025)

🏆 Readers’ Choice Book Award – Silver, Fantasy

🏆 StoryTrade Book Award – Gold Winner, Fantasy

🎉 Longlisted for The 2025 Chaucer Award (Early Historical Fiction – Pre-1750)


These honors highlight Riley’s mastery of blending historical depth with spellbinding fantasy, making The Witch’s Rebirth a must-read for genre enthusiasts.


About the Trilogy


For those who haven’t yet journeyed into Riley’s mesmerizing world, here’s a glimpse of The Witch’s Rebirth series:


📖 Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch’s Rebirth Part I – The journey begins 478 Ad Gaul

📖 Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch’s Rebirth Part II – Magic deepens, stakes rise. 500 AD Gaul and Constantinople

📖 Spear of Lugh: The Witch’s Rebirth Part III – The epic conclusion, 504 AD Gaul. The Gods will rise!


Rooted in Celtic mythology, witchcraft, and historical intrigue, Riley’s trilogy weaves a tale of power, destiny, and rebirth. If you love witchy historical fantasy with award-winning prose, this series belongs on your shelf.


Where to Get the Books Amazon



Ready to dive in? Grab your copies today and join the legions of readers who have fallen under the spell of The Witch’s Rebirth.


📚 Available at major retailers & online booksellers.


Have you read The Witch’s Rebirth? Let us know your thoughts in the comments—or if you’re just discovering Michaela Riley’s work, now’s the perfect time to start!


🎉 Congrats to Michaela Riley on her phenomenal success!


Critics' Requiem

Echoe's Never Die

The Editor's Shadow

What if the worst thing you ever read about yourself was true—and the whole world believed it?

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Arthur Penwright’s debut novel was supposed to make him a star. Instead, he becomes the target of an online mob, as anonymous critics tear his life apart with words sharper than any knife. In this gripping psychological thriller about writers and critics, Arthur’s quest for vindication spirals into obsession, revenge, and murder as he hunts down those who ruined him.

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Set in the ruthless world of publishing and social media, Critics’ Requiem is a dark and twisty suspense novel about the power of words, the danger of cancel culture, and the line between justice and madness. Fans of literary thrillers, meta-fiction, and books like The Silent Patient or Gone Girl will devour this page-turner where every review can be deadly.

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Perfect for readers searching for:
literary thriller series, psychological suspense, books about writers and critics, novels about online bullying, dark fiction about internet mobs, fiction about toxic online culture, book reviewer murder mystery, psychological revenge stories, books for writers and book lovers

The story isn’t over. The legend of Arthur Penwright returns with a vengeance.

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Across Europe, literary critics are turning up dead—each murder foretold by a chilling manuscript leak, each scene echoing the crimes of the infamous Penwright case.

 

Detective Elias Mercer is called out of retirement, Maia Walsh is drawn back into a web of obsession and betrayal, and Arthur finds passion and peril with the mysterious Sabine Leclerc.

Echoes Never Die is a dark literary thriller about love, betrayal, and digital justice. As new killings sweep Paris, Prague, and beyond, the line between victim and villain blurs. Who controls the narrative when legends refuse to die?

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Perfect for fans of:
psychological thrillers, global suspense series, dark academia, novels about betrayal and obsession, European thrillers, books about viral crime, books with strong female leads, books about digital scandals, trending booktok thrillers

Every ending is a new beginning. The final story is being written.

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A new apprentice steps from the shadows, orchestrating copycat killings and leaking chapters that shake the literary world. As the body count climbs across Lisbon, New York, and beyond, Arthur, Sabine, Maia, and Mercer are forced into a final, deadly showdown.

 

In this international murder mystery, old legends and new obsessions collide.

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The Editor’s Shadow is a gripping psychological suspense novel about redemption, legacy, and the mythic power of narrative. Perfect for readers who crave dark fiction, meta-narrative thrillers, and stories where every secret can kill.

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For readers who love:
copycat killer thrillers, psychological suspense series, novels about redemption and justice, gripping suspense novels, international murder mysteries, books about myth and legacy, fiction about narrative power, trending thrillers for adults

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