The Great Winter: NORD

Aya Neia

Oct 2022 · Aya Neia

About this ebook

We live in Borre. It’s a tiny village in the North, near the ancient forest. Winters here last for long months, and summer passes quickly. Every year, on Yule, we honor gods and spirits and celebrate the coming of the good Lord–the Sun King, who gives us the harvest, protects the flock from frost, and hunters from wolves.

The longest night passed, and summer came. But Wiseman noticed the summers are getting colder, and the nights are getting longer. Now it is dangerous to hunt in the depths of the forest, as the monsters appeared there. That's because the balance between good and evil, between darkness and light, has been disturbed. In the North, where the Great Tree grows, a new king has appeared. He killed the Sun King and seized his spells, so our world is doomed...

Ratings and reviews

This book isn't big but has good plot twists and high dynamic. The characters are vivid and real, and it's interesting to observe their interactions. The story is a part of a trilogy which is still in process. We meet a child who is a daughter of jarl. She knows nothing of life, still pretty naïve. She doesn’t read the messages that her family, and friends aren't the ones she thinks they are. But finally she gets caught into the crossfire when the past starts to snap the present. Challenges on her way change her, affect her without turning back. She starts to grab all of it as an adult. Watching her grow amazed me, and I’m wondering what she become with so heavy burden on her shoulders. As for the Scandinavian part, it’s fantastic. I got a pleasure to read all the footnotes. The mythology made the story harmonic and deep. The book has an esthetics design. A gorgeous cover, detailed map, arts and illustrations, visuals on the pages complete the text and make the book whole.

About the author

Aya Neia is a Ukrainian contemporary author. The first book of the Nord trilogy gained a lot of attention from Ukrainian readers. It tells us about the time of Vikings and dragons, Scandinavian magic, and ethnic, long-gone myths and fairytale.

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