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  1. PRAISE FOR
  2. The Winter of the Witch
  3. PRAISE FOR
  4. The Girl in the Tower
  5. PRAISE FOR
  6. The Bear and the Nightingale
  7. Contents
  8. 1.
  9. Marya Morevna
  10. 2.
  11. Reckoning
  12. 3.
  13. Nightingale
  14. 4.
  15. The Fate of All Witches
  16. 5.
  17. Temptation
  18. 6.
  19. No Bones, No Flesh
  20. 7.
  21. Monster
  22. 8.
  23. Between the City and Evil
  24. 9.
  25. To Travel by Midnight
  26. 10.
  27. The Devil in the Oven
  28. 11.
  29. Of Mushrooms
  30. 12.
  31. Bargaining
  32. 13.
  33. Baba Yaga
  34. 14.
  35. Vodianoy
  36. 15.
  37. Farther, Stranger Countries
  38. 16.
  39. The Chains of the Winter-King
  40. 17.
  41. Memory
  42. 18.
  43. On the Backs of Magic Horses
  44. 19.
  45. Allies
  46. 20.
  47. The Golden Bridle
  48. 21.
  49. Enemy at the Gate
  50. 22.
  51. The Princess and the Warrior
  52. 23.
  53. Faith and Fear
  54. 24.
  55. Turnings
  56. 25.
  57. The Road Through Darkness
  58. 26.
  59. The Golden Horde
  60. 27.
  61. Oleg of Ryazan
  62. 28.
  63. Pozhar
  64. 29.
  65. Between Winter and Spring
  66. 30.
  67. The Enemy of My Enemy
  68. 31.
  69. All the Russias
  70. 32.
  71. Kulikovo
  72. 33.
  73. On the Cusp of Winter
  74. 34.
  75. Lightbringer
  76. 35.
  77. The Starlit Road
  78. 36.
  79. The Army of Three
  80. 37.
  81. Water of Death, Water of Life
  82. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  83. A NOTE ON RUSSIAN NAMES
  84. FIRST NAMES AND NICKNAMES
  85. PATRONYMIC
  86. GLOSSARY
  87. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  88. BY KATHERINE ARDEN
  89. FOR CHILDREN
  90. What’s next on your reading list?

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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2019.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

NAMES: Arden, Katherine, author.

TITLE: The winter of the witch: a novel / Katherine Arden.

DESCRIPTION: New York: Del Rey, 2019. | Series: Winternight trilogy; 3

IDENTIFIERS: LCCN 2018038385 | ISBN 9781101886014 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781101886007 (Ebook)

SUBJECTS: | BISAC: FICTION / Literary. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.

CLASSIFICATION: LCC PS3601.R42 W56 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018038385

Ebook ISBN 9781101886007

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Part 1

Chapter 1: Marya Morevna

Chapter 2: Reckoning

Chapter 3: Nightingale

Chapter 4: The Fate of All Witches

Part 2

Chapter 5: Temptation

Chapter 6: No Bones, No Flesh

Chapter 7: Monster

Chapter 8: Between the City and Evil

Part 3

Chapter 9: To Travel by Midnight

Chapter 10: The Devil in the Oven

Chapter 11: Of Mushrooms

Chapter 12: Bargaining

Chapter 13: Baba Yaga

Chapter 14: Vodianoy

Chapter 15: Farther, Stranger Countries

Chapter 16: The Chains of the Winter-King

Chapter 17: Memory

Chapter 18: On the Backs of Magic Horses

Part 4

Chapter 19: Allies

Chapter 20: The Golden Bridle

Chapter 21: Enemy at the Gate

Chapter 22: The Princess and the Warrior

Chapter 23: Faith and Fear

Part 5

Chapter 24: Turnings

Chapter 25: The Road Through Darkness

Chapter 26: The Golden Horde

Chapter 27: Oleg of Ryazan

Chapter 28: Pozhar

Chapter 29: Between Winter and Spring

Chapter 30: The Enemy of My Enemy

Chapter 31: All the Russias

Chapter 32: Kulikovo

Chapter 33: On the Cusp of Winter

Chapter 34: Lightbringer

Chapter 35: The Starlit Road

Chapter 36: The Army of Three

Chapter 37: Water of Death, Water of Life

Author’s Note

A Note on Russian Names

Glossary

The Lineage of Vasilisa Petrovna

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

By Katherine Arden

About the Author

The sea is fair in the storm-shadow

The sky wondrous without its blue

But trust me; on the rock, the girl

Excels the wave, the sky, and the storm

—A. S. PUSHKIN

1.

Marya Morevna

DUSK AT THE END OF winter, and two men crossed the dooryard of a palace scarred by fire. The dooryard was a snowless waste of water and trampled earth; the men sank to their ankles in the muck. But they were speaking intently, heads close together, and did not heed the wet. Behind them lay a palace full of broken furniture, smoke-stained; the screen-work smashed on the staircases. Before them lay a charred ruin that had been a stable.