"Jalar," the sixth novella in Tamara Mikheeva’s fantasy cycle, brings all the spinners together. In "The Seven Spinners," the author’s craftsmanship reveals itself in a new light, and the tales take on a special depth and parabolic quality. You can discover them in any order, learning one by one the stories of girls who must make their choice—to destroy or to preserve worlds.
Jalar is the daughter of Temulgen, the Edge’s greatest hunter, and the granddaughter of Thoki, whom everyone respects and heeds as if she were a loymanka. Jalar is the most beautiful girl, saved by reindeer from the clutches of Navi. She is a girl who can speak to the river.
In the land where Jalar lives, everything follows a strict logic: the time of the Elk is followed by the time of the Duck, and Jolrun by Jarminakh, cycle after cycle.
But the rhythmic flow of the circle is broken at the spring festival. It is as if someone whispered a path to evil itself, and now it is here, in their calm, confident world. Evil also has its heralds—strange people who demand the spinner be handed over and begin to take control of the village. Why does everyone hear their words differently, and why does what they hear stir hatred in the peaceful children of the Lynx? Why is Jalar a threat to them, why is she now forced to flee her home to survive? And what is the book hidden at the very bottom of old Thoki’s chest?
Author: Tamara Mikheeva
Pages: 272 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x150x17 mm
Series: The Seven Spinners
