NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? A wild and willful young woman finds herself at the center of a tale of spirits, ancient evils, and the mysterious winter-king Frost -- in the lyrical first novel of the Winternight Trilogy.

"A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up." -- Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted

Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse's fairy tales. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil.

Then Vasya's widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vasya's stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village.

But Vasya's stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. As the village's defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed -- to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse's most frightening tales.

"[The Bear and the Nightingale] has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical." -- The Washington Post

Don't miss any of the Winternight Trilogy:
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE ? THE GIRL IN THE TOWER ? THE WINTER OF THE WITCH

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• Teen & Young AdultScience Fiction & FantasyFantasyComing of Age
• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasyComing of Age

• Publication Date: January 10, 2017
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• Print Length: 338 Pages
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