Rosa and the Veil of Gold

Kim Wilkins

Jun 2020 · Bolinda · Narrated by Eloise Mignon

About this audiobook

Beyond this world, behind the veil of history, lies the kingdom of the Rus ... When an ancient gold bear is found walled up in a dilapidated St. Petersburg bathhouse, researcher Daniel St. Clair and his frosty colleague Em Hayward set out for the university in Arkhangelsk to verify its age. Along the way they are mysteriously set adrift. Maps are suddenly useless. Lost and exhausted they turn north, sinking even deeper into the secrets and terrors of the Russian landscape. Daniel's lost love, the wild and beautiful Rosa Kovalenka, fears the worst when Daniel goes missing and resolves to find him. To do so will mean confronting her past and secrets that she has fought to suppress. The only way to save him is to go forward, where she encounters the haunted Chenchikov clan, a family with their own shadowy tangle of grief, desire and treachery. In the unknowable, impenetrable Russian forest, Rosa meets an enigmatic wanderer who is full of tales and riddles of times past. Who might hold the key to Rosa and Daniel's future – or the destruction of their world.

About the author

Kim Wilkins was born in London and grew up at the seaside in Queensland. She has degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing, and has won four Aurealis awards for fantasy and horror. Kim lives in Brisbane with her partner and son and two spoiled black cats.

Eloise Mignon has worked as an actor across theatre, television and film in both Australia and France. She is best known for her roles in Legacy of the Silver Shadow, Silversun and Neighbours. Eloise has also narrated several audiobooks, including Mary Grant Bruce's A Little Bush Maid, A Moon Girl Stole My Friend by Rebecca Patterson and many titles in Sally Rippin's Billie B Brown series.