The Healer

The gift of seeing spirits is passed down through the female line. Along with it comes a curse: the healer cannot be happy. Yevdokiya learned this too early. At seven, she was sent to be a disciple of an old witch. At sixteen, she was nearly killed in the woods. She buried her fiancé and mentor; she accepted the gift that makes happiness impossible. For a brief moment, Yevdokiya found happiness in motherhood, but the villagers demanded she get rid of her adoptive son, branding him with the nickname ‘Satan's seed.’ Yevdokiya's choice awakened what had been dormant for over a century. The first novel in the series based on authentic rituals and beliefs of Ancient Rus.