Author: CHERRYH, C. J.
Title: Rusalka
Description: New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, 1989. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0345359534. Illustrated by Keith Parkinson. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Once Pyetr Kochevikov had mocked all such beliefs as he rioted through life with the gay young blades he thought his friends. Now his only friend was young Sasha Misurov, who feared his beginning magical powers. Outcast from their native city, Pyetr and Sasha had found safety here in this out-of-the-way cottage of the old wizard, Uulamets. Or it had seemed to offer safety, if not warmth." "The Russian Stories, also known as the Russian Series, the Russian Trilogy and the Rusalka Trilogy, are a series of fantasy novels by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. The stories are set in medieval Russia along the Dnieper river, in a fictional alternate history of Kievan Rus', a predecessor state of modern-day Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The three books in the series are Rusalka (1989) , Chernevog (1990) , and Yvgenie (1991). Rusalka was nominated for a Locus Award in 1990. The stories draw heavily from Slavic mythology and concerns the fate of a girl who has drowned and become a rusalka. For example, a "Rusalka" is a type of life-draining Slavic fairy that haunts a river or lake. And "Chernevog" is an alternate spelling of Chernobog, a mysterious Slavic deity. Other creatures in the books derived from Slavic folklore include Bannik, Leshy and a Vodyanoy.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0345359534 Science Fiction C. J. Cherryh Fantasy Russia Magic rusalka Folklore Folktales


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