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Ykraina
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History, philosophy, mythology, absurdity: two parallel worlds switch back and forth between separate realities. You are warned at the start to enter at own risk…

Medieval (1050-1054): Kyiv-Rus. Kingdom of Ukraine ruled by Yaroslav the Wise in a time of transition from Paganism to Christianity. Age of swordsmen, slavers, Viking raiders, and Byzantine hetarae.

Postmodern (2022): Odesa. Week prior to Russian invasion when two Australians arrive to do a doco on Chornobyl for a TV network.

This book can be read in three parts; a bit like choose your own adventure.

Medieval first. Postmodern second. Concurrent third.

Or you can just jump in as the author intended and try to keep up.

Anyway, you were warned.

Multiple POV, narrative mashup, and blurring of genres may disturb some readers.

That was your last warning.

 

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAnna Lord
Release dateApr 4, 2024
ISBN9798224409129
Ykraina
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Anna Lord

Anna Lord has long been fascinated by myth and metaphor, and the way they inform human thought. With an English and Philosophy degree focused on metaphysical poets and logical thinking there was only one creative avenue for her to follow: two rational detectives battling to make sense of a superstitious gas-lit world. Anna's Ukrainian background, coupled with a love for whodunnits, Victorian settings, and Gothic characters, inspires her literary world and makes the books a joy to write. The result is her new series: Watson and the Countess. www.twitter.com/CountessVarvara

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