A Dagger in the Winds (Book 1 of The Frostmarked Chronicles)

By Brendan Noble

Fans of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone Trilogy and Katherine Arden's Winternight Trilogy will love this new fantasy adventure inspired by Slavic mythology.

Marzanna—goddess of winter—rules the world for five long moons, bringing sickness, starvation, and horrific demons. Only her annual death at the hands of the spring gods ends her wrath.

What if she survived?

Wacław dreams of belonging and purpose. Except he’s never actually dreamed. His entire life, he’s been cursed by a power that allows him to leave his body and wander invisibly when he sleeps. He’d do anything to know why.

Even give a blood offering to Marzanna.

As a priestess of the wild spring goddess, there’s no one Otylia hates more than Marzanna—except maybe her once best friend Wacław. It’s been four years since she saved Wacław’s life using forbidden magic. Her thanks? Abandonment. She’s needed no one but her goddess since.

But when the gods of spring go silent on the equinox and Otylia discovers her lost friend bearing Marzanna’s mark, she realizes the horrific truth: Wacław is a demon, and he’s the key to saving her goddess before Marzanna’s eternal winter devours their tribe.

Embark on an epic journey through a world rooted in Slavic mythology and folklore that’s full of powerful gods, menacing beasts, cursed forests, and plenty of secrets to uncover.