Built for
the undiscovered story.
Enigmanova draws on a rich African tradition of storytelling, where stories carry identity, memory, and meaning across generations. Founded by two South Africans, the house exists to carry that tradition into the present with care and intent. Its name holds the idea at the centre of the company: enigma, the unknown, and nova, the star. Enigmanova is about recognising overlooked voices and giving them the platform to be seen, read, and remembered.
Across the world, strong work is often left unseen because the path to publishing, positioning, and marketing is costly, unclear, or controlled by gatekeepers. Enigmanova was created to open a more deliberate path, selecting work carefully and bringing it to readers with seriousness.
Books come first, followed by audiobooks, translation, and future expansion into music, animation, and film when the material is ready. Each release is shaped around the work and the writer, then carried forward with the aim of lasting presence across languages, formats, and time.
Core Values
Author First
Authors are partners, not products. The house protects author participation, ownership, and the long life of the work.
Story Before Trend
Stories are selected for meaning and longevity, not speed or short-term attention.
Long-Term Value
Sustainable circulation and recurring reward over one-time transactions.
Cultural Respect
Stories are expressions of identity, heritage, and lived experience.
Integrity
Transparency, honoured agreements, and creative work approached with care and accountability.
From Imagination to Expression
Every manuscript begins as a private vision. Enigmanova helps shape that vision into a finished edition, edited with discipline, designed with intention, and prepared for readers without stripping away the voice that made it worth publishing.
Our Authors
Many voices. One house.
Christian Discipleship
Shenton R. Adams
Shenton R. Adams writes Christian living and discipleship for believers who sense that God is calling them deeper, but need language, courage, and direction to answer. His flagship work, He Called Me, speaks to sons and daughters learning to recognise the Father’s call, surrender orphan-hearted patterns, and step into the life they were created to carry.
His writing is direct, grounded, and commissioning in nature. Whether writing on calling, identity, faith, marriage, family, or the life of obedience, Shenton’s work returns to one conviction: faith is not only something to believe. It is something to live.
Dark Fantasy · Supernatural Thriller · Romantasy
Jonathan J. Holmes
Jonathan J. Holmes writes across dark fantasy, supernatural thriller, and romantasy, building story worlds with scale, pressure, and long-form continuity. His catalogue at Enigmanova spans multiple series built for readers who want immersive worlds, spiritual tension, and high-stakes narrative pull.
His current catalogue includes The Last Azdam Order Series, Solomon’s BloodRight Trilogy, and The Sandveil Trilogy. Each body of work is developed to stand on its own while strengthening the wider Enigmanova shelf.
Children’s Fiction · Middle Grade · Coming-of-Age
Tas Arden
Tas Arden writes children’s fiction for readers growing up between places, schools, cultures, and versions of themselves. The Tales of an Expat Kid series follows a young Tas across new countries, new classrooms, new friendships, and the quiet uncertainty of starting over.
Beneath the travel and his misadventures lies a story about belonging, confidence, identity, resilience, and learning how to be yourself when the world around you keeps changing. Warm, observant, and emotionally safe, Arden’s work is written for middle grade into early teen readers, and for families who understand that moving abroad is never only about geography.
Health · Self-Healing · Life Coaching
Dalia C. Samud
Dalia C. Samud’s work is being developed at the intersection of healing, reflection, and personal restoration. Her catalogue is shaped for readers seeking language for recovery, self-understanding, and the deeper work of reclaiming their own story.
Her profile and dedicated site are being prepared as the catalogue expands.
Where to Read
Available through popular book and audio platforms.
Amazon Kindle
Apple Books
Kobo
Google Play Books
Audible
Spotify for Authors
Voices by INaudio
IngramSpark
Several languages sequenced with care.
Stories should not be limited by language, region, or market. Enigmanova’s long-term ambition is for selected titles to travel across the world, so readers can experience them in the language closest to home.
The aim is simple: stories should not lose readers because of language. They should be carried into many mother tongues with care, attention to voice, meaning, culture, and emotional weight.
Each translation release is sequenced thoughtfully, allowing the work to reach more readers without losing the spirit of the original story.
· 2027 ·
Spanish
Wave One
Portuguese
Wave One
French
Wave One
German
Wave One
· 2028 ·
Korean
Wave One
Hindi
Wave Two
Mandarin
Wave Two
Russian
Wave Two
· 2029 ·
Bengali
Wave Three
Urdu
Wave Three
Tamil
Wave Three
What's Next
Books are the beginning.
Enigmanova is being built around stories that can grow beyond a single format. As the catalogue matures, selected works may expand into sound, screen, and character-led worlds, always at the pace the material deserves.
Music
Original scores and companion soundtracks shaped around selected story worlds.
Animation
Short-form and series concepts developed when the characters and audience are ready.
Film
Adaptations considered for stories with the scale, structure, and visual strength to carry the screen.
Merchandise
Character-led products and collector items tied to worlds with lasting reader connection.
Press & Media
For journalists, podcasters, reviewers, booksellers, educators, and curators.
Bulk Inquiries
Orders by request.
Who can request
Minimum order
Ten copies per title.
What to include
Title, quantity, country, shipping address, and required delivery date.