Epic Journeys Collection
(2024)(A book in the Alydia Rackham's Collections series)
A collection of stories by Alydia Rackham
THE TAILOR OF SEMENOV: RETELLING THE LEGEND OF ANASTASIA
After days of starvation, her footsteps haunted by wolves, this once-grand-duchess finds her way to the remote Jewish village of Semenov in Siberia. She conceals her name, and the truth, from the kind tailor and his niece and nephew, hoping to start a new life away from the turmoil of the rising new regime. But the fingers of Lenin’s Red Terror are long, and she may not remain safe, even here. Especially when Soviet soldiers come to Semenov...
And among them is the man who secretly saved her life.
“The Tailor of Semenov” is another of Alydia Rackham’s vividly re-imagined stories—familiar enough to devotees of the Romanov legend, yet thrilling and unexpected. If you like historical adventure, daring coming-of-age tales, bone-deep friendships and heart-rending romance, you will love Alydia Rackham’s “The Tailor of Semenov: Retelling the Legend of Anastasia.”
THE LAST CONSTANTIN
Young Quinn and Agatha are caught between immortal factions, and Quinn must face the truth about all of them--and his own lineage--if he is to save his own life, Agatha's, and indeed, all of Europe.
Christmas Eve, 1848. Young Quinn Campbell and his best friend Agatha have been kidnapped. Their captor, Dmitriy Gavrilov, is cruel, ruthless--and a vampire. Thus begins a treacherous journey through ice-locked Europe, toward a castle in the depths of Romania, and a mysterious ruler at the heart of a thousand-year war. Can Quinn somehow bring peace between the two factions by assuming his birthright, or will he and all he loves be destroyed in the fight?
BAULDR'S TEARS: RETELLING LOKI'S FATE
What if the only person who can help you is a murderer?
When young, solitary archaeologist Marina Feroe meets a beautiful young man with an interest in Norse myths, she believes her life has turned for the better. But the last thing she expects, when she sneaks after him into the woods one night, is that he is actually Bauldr, younger son of Odin. Days later, winter suddenly descends. Bauldr has been killed. Marina is the only one who knows how to bring him back—but to do so she must travel all through Midgard, with Hel’s wolves on her heels. She has no choice but to bargain help from the only one who will listen:
Loki, the Mischief Maker.
The one who murdered Bauldr.
AMATUS: AN ALLEGORY
Crispian has lived in the city of Tutus all his life. He is used to the darkness that always cloaks the world, broken only by the lamps that huddle in the streets and winding alleys. He knows what it is to live in a segregated quarter, away from the despicable Rubrum race. He takes comfort in the company of his few friends, and the Minister--the only people who do not look twice at his missing eye and hand. But when he allows a young woman named Aiva to enter his life--a Rubrum, no less--Crispian comes under attack by forces he can neither see nor understand. Aiva assures him that she knows a place where he can find sanctuary from all of them. Can Crispian trust her to guide him safely out of Tutus, through the cursed ruins of an ancient city and the depths of an evil forest, to a realm that promises to be more wonderful than he can imagine? Or should he believe everything he's ever been taught, and return home before Aiva and the force behind the mysterious light on the horizon lead him to his death?
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
After days of starvation, her footsteps haunted by wolves, this once-grand-duchess finds her way to the remote Jewish village of Semenov in Siberia. She conceals her name, and the truth, from the kind tailor and his niece and nephew, hoping to start a new life away from the turmoil of the rising new regime. But the fingers of Lenin’s Red Terror are long, and she may not remain safe, even here. Especially when Soviet soldiers come to Semenov...
And among them is the man who secretly saved her life.
“The Tailor of Semenov” is another of Alydia Rackham’s vividly re-imagined stories—familiar enough to devotees of the Romanov legend, yet thrilling and unexpected. If you like historical adventure, daring coming-of-age tales, bone-deep friendships and heart-rending romance, you will love Alydia Rackham’s “The Tailor of Semenov: Retelling the Legend of Anastasia.”
THE LAST CONSTANTIN
Young Quinn and Agatha are caught between immortal factions, and Quinn must face the truth about all of them--and his own lineage--if he is to save his own life, Agatha's, and indeed, all of Europe.
Christmas Eve, 1848. Young Quinn Campbell and his best friend Agatha have been kidnapped. Their captor, Dmitriy Gavrilov, is cruel, ruthless--and a vampire. Thus begins a treacherous journey through ice-locked Europe, toward a castle in the depths of Romania, and a mysterious ruler at the heart of a thousand-year war. Can Quinn somehow bring peace between the two factions by assuming his birthright, or will he and all he loves be destroyed in the fight?
BAULDR'S TEARS: RETELLING LOKI'S FATE
What if the only person who can help you is a murderer?
When young, solitary archaeologist Marina Feroe meets a beautiful young man with an interest in Norse myths, she believes her life has turned for the better. But the last thing she expects, when she sneaks after him into the woods one night, is that he is actually Bauldr, younger son of Odin. Days later, winter suddenly descends. Bauldr has been killed. Marina is the only one who knows how to bring him back—but to do so she must travel all through Midgard, with Hel’s wolves on her heels. She has no choice but to bargain help from the only one who will listen:
Loki, the Mischief Maker.
The one who murdered Bauldr.
AMATUS: AN ALLEGORY
Crispian has lived in the city of Tutus all his life. He is used to the darkness that always cloaks the world, broken only by the lamps that huddle in the streets and winding alleys. He knows what it is to live in a segregated quarter, away from the despicable Rubrum race. He takes comfort in the company of his few friends, and the Minister--the only people who do not look twice at his missing eye and hand. But when he allows a young woman named Aiva to enter his life--a Rubrum, no less--Crispian comes under attack by forces he can neither see nor understand. Aiva assures him that she knows a place where he can find sanctuary from all of them. Can Crispian trust her to guide him safely out of Tutus, through the cursed ruins of an ancient city and the depths of an evil forest, to a realm that promises to be more wonderful than he can imagine? Or should he believe everything he's ever been taught, and return home before Aiva and the force behind the mysterious light on the horizon lead him to his death?
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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