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The Bear and the Nightingale

Katherine Arden

The Winternight Trilogy, Book 1

About The Bear and the Nightingale

A wild girl in medieval Russia can see the household spirits her Christian village is being taught to fear, and she alone understands what will happen if the old magic is forgotten. Arden's atmospheric prose and fiercely independent heroine navigating a world that tries to contain her are deeply Circe-adjacent.

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