Katherine Arden’s best-selling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. “A beautiful deep-winter story full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.” (Naomi Novik best-selling author of Uprooted)Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness and in the long nights Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales. Above all Vasya loves the story of