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All are born weak. Some become strong. "A bold beginning to a series that explores gender, empathy, and the frozen north"--Kirkus"A riveting saga"-Midwest Book ReviewHonorable Mention, Epic Fantasy, 2016 Readers' Favorite AwardsHonorable Mention, Fantasy, 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards After a life of unhappy luxury, Krasnoslava Tsarinovna (Slava to her friends, if she had any) is desperate to escape her position as the younger sister of the...
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Many are called. Few answer. Slava thought that the hard part of her journey was over when she escaped giant wolves, angry bandits, and scheming sorcerers to make it to the Lesnograd kremlin. But the apparent safety of this outpost of civilization may be just an illusion. A curse has been let loose, one aimed straight at Slava's family. Slava has always been a most unlikely hero. Now she must summon up all her courage in order to stop the curse-or...
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Gifts from the gods are never free. Dasha's magical gifts have always seemed more like a curse. Now on her first journey as a woman grown, Dasha has to learn to control her magic before it destroys her. But those to whom she turns for help often seek to use her for their own ends. And the stakes are greater than just Dasha's survival. Foreigners are poised on the borders of Zem', threatening not just the safety of Dasha's people, but their very way...
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Love First Lessons or The Bear and the Nightingale? Try both books of this award-winning epic fantasy adventure in one omnibus edition! Women rule in Zem'. Krasnoslava Tsarinovna is the second-most powerful woman in Zem'. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a lot of power. Krasnoslava (Slava to her friends, if she had any) is the younger sister to the Empress of Zem'. She lives in luxury in her sister's kremlin, eats at her sister's rich feasts, and sits...
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All magical gifts are wild. The seer's gift is the wildest of all. Dasha, Tsarinovna of all of Zem', was expected to have great magical gifts. Why else would the gods have arranged her conception? But instead of anything useful, Dasha's gifts first manifested themselves as visions of terror and destruction. Then, just when it seemed she might be gaining some control over them, they abandoned her entirely. That's unfortunate, because Dasha could really...
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Some change the world. Some break it. If you loved the Kushiel series or The Priory of the Orange Tree, try this sweeping epic starring a bisexual warrior princess with a taste for dominance! Valya has won permission to hunt down the slave traders defiling her land and stealing its children. Now begins the most difficult part of her mission: she and her companions must find the perpetrators of this crime, and rescue their victims. But as Valya will...
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Blood magic is dark and dangerous. Is it Dasha's only hope?
When Dasha, Tsarinovna of all of Zem', began a dalliance with her halfblood steppe guard Alik while on a mission of peace to the warlike Rutsi, she never thought it would lead to carrying his spirit in her body. But when he dies saving her from an attack by a magical wolf, Dasha saves his life the only way she can-with forbidden blood magic.
Blood magic is dangerous, but that proves to...
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Valya is a hero. Her people need a healer. If you loved the Kushiel series or The Priory of the Orange Tree, you'll want to try this sweeping epic starring a bisexual warrior princess with a taste for dominance! Valya has chased the slave traders stealing her people's children all the way to the very edge of Zem'. She is preparing to descend into the foreign plains beyond the mountains in order to rescue as many enslaved children as she can-until...
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Dasha wants the world to be a better place because women are in it. To win against her enemies, she may have to embrace wildness. Dasha's mission of peace has taken a decidedly warlike turn. On the run from the Rutsi, she ends up in the village of Taikakylä, where magic flows strongly between sea, sky, and stone. But with the Rutsi determined to capture Taikakylä and Dasha herself, there's no refuge to be found there. Instead, Dasha and her new...
10) Wolf Island
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Some wolves hunger for more than meat. When Urho Kivinieminen, unwilling Seumi tracker for the Rutsi army that has conquered his country, is sent to scout Wolf Island, he doesn't have much choice. The Rutsi have captured his homeland, and now they want this deserted island as well. But as Urho discovers, the island isn't so deserted as they'd thought. Its inhabitants just aren't human. Once he finds the dark forces that hold the island in their power,...
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