A Different Fate. Book 1

In the world of the Enlightened Middle Ages—where the Church and magic go hand in hand, where fairy-tale creatures still live and thrive—strange events unfold. Young Marta, the blacksmith’s niece from the countryside, is swept into trouble because of her striking resemblance to a missing duchess: she is lured out of her home, knocked senseless, dressed in someone else’s clothes, and the stolen documents are planted with her—after which she is made to pass as the fugitive whom an enraged duke has been searching for across the entire province. And for her there await torture, an interrogation, and a shameful execution—unless she manages to clear herself.