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| Category: Fiction:Historical:Fantasy |
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| About the Book | |
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They had known ten years of peace and it felt good. When Cossack’s sotnja comes by, it stirs up memories of his past and reminds him that his sense of peace is not shared by the rest of the land. Many of the Cossacks are wounded from the battles which rage closer and closer to home. When warriors leave, a new threat emerges: the kind Roman has no idea how to fight. Ancient forest gods of his predecessors do not feel threatened by the sharp edge of a steel weapon. While the Christian faith is the predominant one in the land, the truth is that it, like a veil, is laid over the much older faith. Ancient Slavic paganism and its deities still exist deep in the abundant forests of these lands. Sometimes they meddle in human affairs. When the old gods answer the town witch, things begin to spiral out of control.
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| About the Author | |
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Roman Kurys is a Ukrainian-American author and a fan of fantasy fiction. When he is not writing, you can usually find him jogging on a side of the road, picking things up and putting them down, or debating the existence of vampires and other so-called mythical creatures. Mynodora Kutsa is a Ukrainian author. She lived in Zavaliv most of her adult life and retired after an illustrious career in education and politics. She published numerous journal articles and was involved in a pro-Ukraine movement for many years. Zavaliv is her first novel. After falling in love with mixing history, mythology, and maybe even a little bit of magic she and Roman are hard at work on a new project. Ukrainian history is very rich and she dreams of many readers joining her on this adventure. |