The Wolf and the Woodsman
Harper Collins Publ. USA
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In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestsellerSpinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bearand the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut— inspired by Hungarianhistory and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers anda one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwarta tyrant. In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only womanwithout power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. Thevillagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of themuch-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the HolyOrder of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king’s blood sacrifice, Évikeis betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive enroute, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, theyhave no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’sthe disgraced...