The Girl and the Raven

Since childhood, the heroine dreamed of wonders, but her life truly changes when she finds a malachite ring left by her great-grandmother. This gift connects the girl with the Mistress of the Copper Mountain and sets off a chain of events that takes her from her familiar reality to the royal court and beyond — into the Beyond. After the ball, the grandson of the tsar shows interest in her, and then a mysterious young man appears in her fate, saving her from the leshy. Against this backdrop, family secrets are revealed, the confrontation between good and evil intensifies, and the heroine herself has to navigate her feelings and the power that is rightfully hers by birth. The book combines a fairy-tale forest, a courtly setting, magical heritage, and the story of the first choice.