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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?

11. What do you think of Vasya’s alliance with Medved? Did you think she would be able to trust him not to betray her?

12. Vasya has long fought to find a balance between the magical world and the Christian church so that both may coexist. How does this struggle for coexistence relate to the world today?

13. Throughout the series, Vasya has struggled to find her place in a society that dictates that a woman must either wed or become a nun. How has Vasya not only taken control of her own future but also influenced the fates of the many other women she has encountered along her journey?

14. The concept of memory (and lack thereof) is an important theme: Vasya must use the power of “forgetting the world was ever other than as you willed it.” To work her magic, Morozko is trapped by the loss of his memories, and the chyerti are desperate not to be forgotten in the minds of others. What does all this say about the power of memory?

15. In this conclusion to the trilogy, do you think Vasya has finally found the acceptance that she always sought from her family? What about that of the larger community? And among the chyerti? Which group do you think she most reliably found support from throughout her journey—and which is most accepting of her in the end?

BY KATHERINE ARDEN

The Bear and the Nightingale

The Girl in the Tower

The Winter of the Witch

FOR CHILDREN

Small Spaces

Dead Voices

PHOTO: © DEVERIE CRYSTAL PHOTOGRAPHY

KATHERINE ARDEN is the New York Times bestselling author of the Winternight Trilogy: The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, and The Winter of the Witch. She is also the author of the children’s horror novels Small Spaces and Dead Voices. She lives in Vermont.

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