Viking and Slavic protagonists unite against undead threats and rusalka magic while navigating mutual distrust and budding romance.
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Viking and Slavic protagonists unite against undead threats and rusalka magic while navigating mutual distrust and budding romance.
After accompanying his father to a Slavic settlement to investigate strange tales of the undead, Viking Folkvarr discovers that not only do the dead walk, but the whole forest seems to want his kind dead. When his father is kidnapped by the magical rusalka maidens, there's only one person who can help, and Vikings and Slavs just don't mix. Ever since her parents were slaughtered by Vikings, Agna has feared and hated the Northmen. When a voldak attacks her in the woods, she realizes the dead are ...
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Protagonists embrace growing desire amid distrust; romantic tension central
Undead attacks, voldak assaults, parent slaughter, and kidnappings recur
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Slavic settlement and rusalka mythology provide minor cultural backdrop
Rusalka maidens, voldak creatures, and rising dead drive the fantasy plot
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Generational Viking-Slav prejudice and outsider distrust recur as themes
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Parental slaughter, kidnappings, and intergroup hatred depicted
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