Sofka and the Crusader

A fantasy story set in the lands of myths and folk traditions, the North Caucuses and Ukraine. Follow nine-year-old Sofka on an exciting and mysterious adventure. Sofka’s imagination, nurtured by the myths of her multi-ethnic environment, blurs the boundary between the real and fantastic worlds.

The North Caucasus, land of mountains and legends, is home to a nine-year-old girl Sofka, her Ukrainian father and her brother. Sofka seeks exciting adventures in the world outside her front door but is terrified of the crusader spiders who inhabit the family’s outhouse. In her dreams, she hears the sad story of the spiders’ fate some centuries ago and as a result develops a friendship with one of the spiders.

When the children travel to Ukraine to visit their aunt, Sofka is tasked by the spider to help the sad maiden, who appears by an overgrown pond at midnight, to find her evil stepmother. The stepmother cursed the maiden’s family and ruined their lives. But Sofka is terrified. The task seems impossible for her to carry out. She tells the spider she won’t do it. Will the spider persuade her?

Part of the proceeds from the book sale will be donated to the Ukrainian children''s charity OHMATDYT FUND https://www.ohmatdytfund.org/en

• | Author: Max Simov
• | Publisher: Troubador Publishing
• | Publication Date: Nov 28, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781836280415
• | ISBN-10: 1836280416