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Synopsis
The next book of the series! The Mimic (The Eye of Winter Book 2): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2YGY3C He awakens in a world not his own—and in another man’s body—with only fragments of memory and no way back. He is now Bogdan Vasilevsky, the illegitimate son of a mage-healer in an alternate Russian Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this world, power belongs to those able to control “edra”—a mysterious force capable of reshaping flesh, mind, and even destiny itself. Its source is the Eye of Winter, a vast anomalous zone that appeared in Siberia three centuries ago and continues to spread. The Eye devours the land in endless frost and breeds monstrous creatures, yet is also a wellspring of immense power and priceless magical resources. From Bogdan’s first days in this new life, danger closes in. His father is murdered. Suspicion falls on him. He has only one choice: to flee east. In Tomsk, a frontier city near the edge of the anomaly, he attempts to build a new life. He forges his first friendships and begins to master the Gift he discovers awakening within him. But peace evades him. His father’s enemies are closing in. And the power growing inside him may prove as dangerous to him as to anyone else. The Eye of Winter is a fast-paced urban fantasy set in an alternate early-twentieth-century Russia—a story of survival, ambition, and self-discovery in a world ruled by the Nephilim, humans with supernatural abilities.
Is The Unlikely Heir appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This alternate-history fantasy includes a murdered parent, violence from dangerous creatures, and themes of being framed for murder. The protagonist must survive on the run while mastering mysterious magical abilities.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death of parent, and betrayal (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the fast-paced adventure of a man thrust into an alternate Russian Empire where he must master magical powers while evading enemies who want him dead.