The Second Bell (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857668905)

To the world you are an abomination; a monster with unholy abilities. You're shunned and left to fend for yourself. Your only chance of survival is to tap into that dark potential - would you do it?

In an isolated mountain community, sometimes a child is born with two hearts. Such a child - a striga - is considered a dangerous demon, which must be abandoned on the edge of the forest to protect the community. The only choice the child's mother can make is whether to leave her home with her infant, or stay behind and try to forget.

Miriat made her choice. She and her nineteen-year-old striga daughter, Salka, now live a life of deprivation and hardship in a remote village, where to follow the impulses of the other heart is forbidden.

But Salka is headstrong and young, and when threatened with losing everything, she is forced to explore the depths of her true nature, testing the bonds between mother and child.

File Under: Fantasy Breaking Taboos Hidden Shadows Hungry Like the Wolf Slavic Story ]

Author: Gabriela Houston
ISBN-10: 0857668900
ISBN-13: 9780857668905
Publisher: Angry Robot
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/16/2020
Library Journal 02/01/2021 pg. 68
Booklist 02/01/2021 pg. 31