The Asp

17 hrs. 6 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Christina Stark

Narrator Elena Nekrasova

Description

A long, bloody feud stretches between the MacAlisters and the Staffords. Ash, shattered glass, and spent shells remain where the paths of the two clans cross. The MacAlisters are rich, powerful, and extraordinarily religious. They sponsor the building of churches and believe that only they will be saved during the apocalypse. The Staffords, by contrast, seem to serve the devil: they organize rock concerts, run nightclubs, and casinos. Christie MacAlister knows the Staffords are vice and evil—but in some strange way she is drawn to them, just as sharp objects, despite the adults’ bans, lure children. And one night held captive by Damien Stafford will make her dream of reconciliation. The clan fears Christie’s faith isn’t strong enough. Or else there is no faith in her heart at all, and she is a treacherous adder seduced by Darkness. "Adder" is a novel about a deadly enmity that only the insane can tame; about love that neither religion nor reason can stop; and about the fact that the freedom to decide one’s own fate will demand the highest price…