The Mark of the Bear Clan: 1 (The Far Northern Land Saga)

When the cold hand reaches southward reaches with its frozen fingers comes a child into the Northland all the clans to bring together. The child is Ulla a green-eyed girl from a hardscrabble village in Iron-Age Finland. Mauled by a bear she is healed by the famous wizard Väinämöinen but walks away with a striking scar that evokes an ancient prophecy. Hundreds of miles away Prince Egan is thrust into power when his father is killed by a horrific shade from Hell. The lives of the two young heroes intertwine as they battle Löhi a powerful sorceress and the Far Northern Lands ancient enemy. For Egan this means overcoming the skepticism of his own people and the hidden self-doubt that gnaws at him deep inside. Torn from everyone she ever knew Ulla embarks on a desperate search for love and belonging and takes the first steps to becoming a wizard herself.The Mark of the Bear Clan Book I of the Far Northern Land Saga goes where no epic fantasy series has ever gone before-Finnish mythology and the world of the Kalevala where legendary heroes like the wizard Väinämöinen mix with original characters like Ulla and Egan to create a unique mosaic wholly new to fantasy literature.