The day Vasilisa Hedge was murdered for witchcraft, she left behind three things: a bloodthirsty village, a magickal daughter, and a soul-stealing doll.
Now Karina, Vasilisa's daughter, is grown up and accused of witchcraft herself. Banished from her village to the Forest of the Dead along with Hans Pinkerton, the imperious son of a warlock, they embark on an epic Hansel and Gretel story to their freedom. Along their way they discover the past and the fear it creates inside their hearts, the dangerous Fountains of Youth and Animalia, and Baba Yaga, a yaga with more secrets up her sleeve than magick, and the Dark and Light that threaten to destroy their very souls.
A fairytale retelling of Vasilisa the Beautiful, Hansel and Gretel, Baba Yaga, and Brother and Sister.
Amazing cover made by @seventhstar.
"I was ten years old when the monster in my father's forest killed for the first time"
Princess Rista dreads the day when she will have to leave her father's castle and her two beloved sisters to get married. She feels at home in her small kingdom and even in the magical forest that borders with it.
But with time, something strange begins to spoil her familiar world.
Who is the monster that seems to be hiding in the forest and what does it want?
And who is the evil queen who - it is said -plans to wage war on the neighboring kingdom?
One night, lured by a mysterious voice and careless of danger, Rista sneaks into the forest to seek for answers. There, she makes a strange encounter that will change her entire life. And possibly the fate of her kingdom.
A retelling of a famous fairytale.