The Wolf and the Woodsman A Novel

In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers from the Holy Order of Woodsmen arrive to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed and surrendered in place of the village seer. But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. The captain is actually the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, who fears his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. United by their shared outcast status, Évike and Gáspár make a tenuous pact to stop his brother. Their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, and as their mutual loathing turns to affection, Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic. Ultimately, they must decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.

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