The Witch's Apprentice and the Bonds of Cursed Blood

Alexander Rain is the author of stories and novels in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, mysticism, and humor. A blogger with an audience of over 130,000 subscribers. Since childhood, Katrin has been left to her own devices. Drinking parents, bad company, cruelty, and endless bleak longing—by the age of fourteen, the girl was trapped in this swamp. And it all might have continued on its rails, if one day a witch hadn’t moved in next door…
Katrin becomes her student and plunges into a completely different world—magical, enticing, promising the impossible. But every kind of magic has its price, and sometimes it’s far too high. Betrayal, pursuit, secrets, portals to other worlds, forbidden spells—young witch Katrin is pulled into a dangerous game. And to get out of it alive, Katrin will have to figure out not only who she can trust, but also who she really is.
A high-stakes fantasy novel included in the longlist of the “Electronic Letter” award.