Since I grew up reading fairy tales from all over Europe (with Russian ones being some of my favorites), I felt right at home in the setting: an ominous wood, dueling kingdoms, small villages of commoners caught in the crossfire and an enigmatic wizard brooding in his tall white tower above them all. It helps set the mood and atmosphere of the story. Jeremiah: I really loved the book’s setting. What did you think of the book’s setting? She knows she cannot save Kasia, but little does she know that she fears the wrong things. The next choosing day is coming soon and Agnieszka fears she will lose her best friend, the beautiful, talented, and fearless Kasia to the Dragon. Brooding over it all is the Dragon, who demands a woman be handed over to serve him once every ten years in exchange for his services controlling the malevolent Wood. Given it’s award winning status, you can likely find it at your local library.Īgnieszka, the protagonist, lives in a valley bordered by a corrupted Wood that threatens to destroy the small villages living there, including her own. It is available for purchase in most bookstores and online retailers. It won the 2016 Nebula Award, 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, the 2016 Mythopoeic Award, and was a 2016 Hugo Award finalist. Uprooted is a 464 page fantasy novel by Naomi Novik tinged with Old World magic rooted in Polish fairy stories. We know the magics of ink and of oil, and if you seek us, you will find us in our workshops, crafting a masterpiece. DaVinci had his machines and Merlin his spells, but the Techno Wizards have both in perfect unison, a mystery even Mecha Dragons cannot understand. A flash of light, the crackle of electricity, the smell of metal shavings, and taste of magic in the air sweet and powerful and sharp as a razor.
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