Rusalka - Hardcover

Cherryh, C.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345359534 ISBN 13: 9780345359537

Publisher: Del Rey, 1989

Synopsis

Pyetr and Sasha's flight to Kiev is interrupted when they stumble upon a wizard intent on bringing the spirit of his murdered daughter back to life

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

-Award-winning author C.J. Cherryh's Del Rey debut--the story of Rusalka, the ghost of a murdered girl still seeking to exist by drawing the energy of life from all nearby living things, and the attempt to bring her back to life by her father Ulamets, and Pyetr, the young man who loved her.

From Publishers Weekly:

A Rusalka--the spirit of a maiden drowned by accident or force--will return as a ghost to haunt the river and woods where she met her death. The locale for this fantasy by SF writer Cherryh ( Downbelow Station ) is pre-Christian Russia. Two young men flee the village of Vojvoda--Pyetr, accused of killing a wealthy noble, and Sasha, an accessory to his escape. They are making their way to Kiev when, in the middle of a forest, they become involved in the search for the wizard Uulamets's dead daughter Eveshka, a Rusalka and a wizard herself. Uulamets wants to resurrect her, but evil forces oppose him, among whom may be Kavi Chernevog, Uulamets's former student, and a suspect in Eveshka's death. Cherryh fills her story with myriad magical creatures from Slavonic mythology. A richness of detail and characterization enliven this drama about the human (and unhuman) greed for power and the redemptive power of love.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0345359534
• ISBN 13: 9780345359537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374