The epic conclusion to Katherine Arden’s bestselling Winternight Trilogy arrives as a New York Times bestseller. After their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return for a stunning finale battling mortal and magical foes to save both seen and unseen Russias. “A tale both intimate and epic, featuring a heroine whose harrowing and wondrous journey culminates in an emotionally resonant finale.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
Named one of Paste’s Best Fantasy Books of the Decade, The Winter of the Witch plunges us back to medieval Moscow where old gods and new vie for Russia’s soul and a witch girl holds the fate of the land in her hands.
Vasilisa Petrovna is an unforgettable heroine forging her own path, but her gifts and courage have drawn peril as well as power. Disaster has struck Moscow and sinister forces gather. Vasya finds herself alone and beset on all sides as two worlds rest on her shoulders. She will uncover startling truths about herself in a desperate bid to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical realm she treasures, but she may not be able to save them all.
Praise for this richly detailed and briskly suspenseful conclusion: “Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy isn’t just good—it’s straight-to-the-favorites-shelf, reread-immediately good, and each book just gets better. The Winter of the Witch plunges us back to fourteenth-century Moscow for an epic finale. Prepare to have your heart ripped out, loaned back to you full of snow and magic, and ripped out some more.” (Laini Taylor)
