Her Name Is Hel

“Her Name Is Hel” is a new novel by Elena Kondrackaya, known for her fantasy cycles “Wonderful Shores” and “Dreams of the Source.” The main character, Hel, is a hired assassin pursued by her own Guild. She values gold above all and sets out for Troll’s Pass to carry out a murder order against the Supreme King of the fairy realm. But can a human take the life of an immortal—and why exactly was Hel chosen for this mission? The novel offers a gentle, slow development of relationships in a cruel fairy world, featuring an imperfect and ambiguous heroine, bloody battles, palace intrigues, romance, and frank scenes, as well as an atmosphere of dark fairy tales reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm.