Likho. Copper and Honey

A fiend appeared in the northern forests—a half-man, half-wolf creature created by an unknown sorcerer. The people are frightened, and among the spellcasters a rift is growing: each wants to prove the other is using forbidden powers.

Sorceress Olzhaна left one magical court to join another, but that choice turned into trouble for her. Now the monster is on her trail. Olzhaна escapes into a healer’s wagon from the order of hunters of witches—together they cross the country, hoping to get away from the chase.

Narrow streets of major cities, lively markets, remote villages… The sorcerers argue while the fiend prowls through marshes and foggy fields. Olzhaна understands she can’t hide from the monster—and that whoever created it wanted only one thing: to sow discord.

The first book of a trilogy opening the world of dark Slavic fantasy.

Yana Lechchina is the author of popular fantasy novels “The Year of the Serpent” and “The Serpent’s Nest.”

Constant tension keeps the story going—because an unknown evil is following the heroine’s trail.

A layered plot where the present intertwines with the past and the future is dangerous. Local crusades and persecutions of witches.

Five magical courts, each with its own approach to casting spells.

The edition is supplemented with a map, and the cover is drawn by the popular artist Tania Dürer in an unusual modern Art Nouveau style."