Ustinya. Return (Ustinya #1)

The life of the sovereign Ustinya Alexeyevna has come to an end. First, her husband divorced her and sent her to a monastery to marry a foreign girl, and then he accused her of treason and sentenced her to the... stake. The life of the young sorceress Veria has also ended. All over Russia, there is a moan — they are eradicating the old faith, cutting down sacred groves, destroying sorcerers and sorceresses. What can two women do together? Perhaps nothing, but if one of them gives everything: life and death, the strength of her sisters and the afterlife, — then suddenly the other will manage to turn the wheel of fate? Will she be able to correct something in the past so that Great Russia stands for ages? Will she be able to? Reasons to buy the book: 1. To experience the ancient city of Velikaya Ladoga. To stroll through the autumn fair with the heroes and taste the rowan jam. 2. To meet the characters, listen to their stories, admire their deeds, let everyone tell about themselves and not hide the truth! 3. To find out who weaves intrigues behind the sovereign's back, who sharpens claws and teeth against Russia. 4. To hear about what love can be, seemingly individual for each, but turns out to be one for all. 5. To immerse in the atmosphere of old Russia, the one that could have happened if it weren't for the trend towards everything foreign. 6. To learn what sorcerers and sorceresses are capable of, to visit a sacred grove, to bow to the ancient Tree. 7. To discover what one has to pay for witchcraft, what may be asked for and what one will have to give up. 8. To verify what is stronger: connections, money, witchcraft — or a heart that has crumbled into black ash.