Julie Mathison

It’s 1919, but in Edenfall, Pennsylvania, the Great War is not over—not for Vasilisa. Papa is presumed dead on the fields of Flanders, Mama is being courted by an absolute ogre, and now Babka, her beloved grandma, has had a bad spell. Or has she fallen under one? Only the Old Tales, the Russian f...

Old Rus, a land of witches and ogres, bogatyr warriors and six-headed dragons, magic and myth. A land lurking below the waking world, a fabled land – except for the chosen few. It’s 1942, and the world is at war. Elena is just a schoolgirl in a Pennsylvania steel town, the Russia of her forebe...