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KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW: "A vivid mix of history, romance, and folklore with a notably relatable hero."
WINNER: 2023 Writer's Digest Best YA Novel Self-pub eBook Award
Old Rus, a land of witches and ogres, bogatyr warriors and six-headed dragons, magic and myth. A land lurking below the waking world, a fabled land - except for the chosen few.
It's 1942, and the world is at war. Elena is just a schoolgirl in a Pennsylvania steel town, the Russia of her forebears long forgotten - except in tales, sung by her babka in haunting tones. Elena can picture Old Rus clearly, the snow-swollen Dnepr, winding through the steppe all the way to Byzantium. Vladimir of the Bright sun, ruling from glorious Kiev!. If only it were real.
Be careful what you wish for.
Meanwhile, Old Rus is in crisis. A dragon flies, a maiden is captured, and the great bogatyr, Dobrynya, is tasked with her rescue. But his son, Mitya, senses treachery on all sides. How can you save a man who will not save himself? And must he venture alone, trailing his father across the steppe where warring nomads range, even to the distant peaks of the Sorochinsk Mountains? He is prepared to do just that when Elena appears in the prince's stables and upends all his plans.
What happens when two worlds - and hearts - collide?
2022 BookLife Prize Semifinalist
"Readers will feel fully immersed in the tale from the first page to the last." ~ The BookLife Prize
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Julie Mathison is the founder of Starr Creek Press and the multiple award-winning author of books that seek to delight, transport and inspire. Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award, First Horizon Award, Best Books Award and two-time BookLife Pirze Semifinalist, her motto is "books not boxes," dedicated to the principle that a good book should transcend age and genre and delight readers of any age.
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