Ghost Drum
About this book
In the darkest hour of a freezing Midwinter, a night-walking witch adopts a newborn baby and carries her off in her house on chicken legs. She names her Chingis and teaches her the Three Magics. She grows into such a powerful witch that she rouses the jealousy of Kuzma, the bear-shaman.
The Czar of this cold realm fears his newborn son, Safa, will out do him, and so imprisons the baby at the top of a tall tower, to live and die there without ever glimpsing the real world. Loneliness and confinement drive him to rage and despair until Chingis hears the crying of his trapped spirit and frees him.
But now their enemies unite against them, with steel and deadly magic. Chingis and Safa's fight for freedom will take them even through the Ghost World into the Land of the Dead.
A timeless and atmospheric tale of fierce magic.
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Midwinter Night
- Chapter 2: The Czar’s Bride-Choosing
- Chapter 3: The Three Magics
- Chapter 4: The Lonely Czarevich
- Chapter 5: Brought Out of Imprisonment
- Chapter 6: The Death Of Czar Guidon
- Chapter 7: The Soldiers in the Forest
- Chapter 8: The Czaritsa and the Bear
- Chapter 9: Vanya’s Dream
- Chapter 10: Kuzma’s Triumph
- Chapter 11: Iron-Wood
- Chapter 12: The Czaritsa and the Ghosts
- Chapter 13: Chingis and the Bear
- Chapter 14: The Ice-Apple
- Chapter 15: The Cat’s Chain Wound Up
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- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Copyright