Ivan and Marya
Every Solstice, every year, a young girl dies to prolong the life of a madman.
While the girl's soul is fed to Kaschey the undead by his daughter, the
gloriously beautiful Marya, the girl's body drowns in the clutches of
Vodyanoy at the bottom of the Sacrifice Pool.
Every Solstice a hero tries to stop them... and dies.
But this is Ivan's year. Though his brothers plot his death, and the
villagers whose daughters are dying warn him not to interfere, Ivan the
Fool is determined to stop the sacrifice.
With the help of the
immortals, gotten by sympathy, force, or guile, Ivan believes his love
will save the beautiful Marya from herself.
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Anna Kashina
Anna Kashina grew up in Russia and moved to the United States in 1994 after receiving her Ph.D. in cell biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences. She works as a professor in a major university and combines her successful career in science and her passion for writing. Anna's passion for ballroom dancing, world mythologies and folklore has fed her high-level interest in martial arts of the Majat warriors. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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