Frostmarked Chronicles

Fans of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone Trilogy and Katherine Arden's Winternight Trilogy will love this new fantasy adventure based on Polish mythology.Marzanna-goddess of winter-rules the world for five long moons, bringing sickness, starvation, and horrific demons. Only her annual death at the hands of the spring gods ends her wrath.What if they failed?Wacław dreams of belonging and purpose. Except he's never actually dreamed. His entire life, he's been cursed by a power that allows him to leave his body and wander invisibly when he sleeps. He'd do anything to know why.Even give a blood offering to Marzanna.As a priestess of the wild spring goddess, there's no one Otylia hates more than Marzanna-except maybe her once best friend Wacław. It's been four years since she saved Wacław's life using forbidden magic. Her thanks? Abandonment. She's needed no one but her goddess since.But when the gods of spring go silent on the equinox and Otylia discovers her lost friend bearing Marzanna's mark, she realizes the horrific truth: Wacław is a demon, and he's the key to saving her goddess before Marzanna's eternal winter devours their tribe.Embark on an epic journey through a world rooted in Polish mythology and folklore that's full of powerful gods, menacing beasts, cursed forests, and plenty of secrets to uncover.

Salvation does not come without sacrifice.Rise. Otylia will never forget the betrayer's blade slicing across her throat. Nor will she forgive.Trapped by Weles in the underworld of Nawia, she is further from Wacław and Dziewanna than ever. The Trials of Ascension are Otylia's only hope to escape her father's grasp, but is she ready to pay the price of immortality?Fall. Wacław would do anything to get Otylia back. But no demon has ever entered Nawia's paradise.Marching west with the nomadic clans, Wacław senses the darkness inside him growing with his power. As Marzanna threatens his hopes of saving both Otylia and his tribe, will he surrender to the demon's call or resist as the world he knows burns before him?Immerse yourself in Slavic mythological realms both new and old as The Frostmarked Chronicles continue in the dramatic sequel to A Dagger in the Winds.

One rider's journey will save his tribe or end it forever. Andrij has guarded the cold slopes of Perun's Crown for years. Though he longs for home, his service pays for his father's debts to the Astiwie king. He just needs his chance to earn his freedom. When the horsemen of the east come with tidings of war, he sees exactly that. Facing his tribe's destruction, the king commands Andrij to ride for his western allies. If Andrij succeeds, his debts will be forgiven. If he fails, his tribe will surely fall. Set in the days before A Dagger in the Winds, enter The Frostmarked Chronicles' world of Slavic mythology with the journey that begins it all. Note: This novella can be read before The Frostmarked Chronicles or at any point during it.

Dive into a fantastical world with 3 books plus a bonus novella featuring over 1,500 pages of Slavic mythology inspired sorcery, monsters, gods, dragons, and epic journeys. A warrior shrouded in darkness. A witch sworn to revenge. A winter unbounded. Wacław is an outcast. Born with a curse he doesn't understand, he's hidden his power his entire life. But when the goddess of winter unleashes the darkness within him, his only hope for answers is the girl he's forbidden to see. Otylia is a witch. There's no one she hates more than the winter goddess-except her once best friend Wacław. But when she receives visions of endless blizzards and Wacław fighting by her side, she realizes he's the key to uncovering the goddess's plot. Facing monsters and magic at every turn, the pair must journey with friends and rivals alike to confront the cult of winter, but Wacław's awakened darkness grows with each step as death consumes the living realm. To contain it, they'll have to mend their broken relationship and delve into the mysteries of their past. Mysteries that could destroy the winter goddess . . . or themselves.