The Second Bell
Synopsis
To the world you are an abomination; a monster with unholy abilities. You're shunned and left to fend for yourself. Your only chance of survival is to tap into that dark potential - would you do it? In an isolated mountain community, sometimes a child is born with two hearts. Such a child - a striga - is considered a dangerous demon, which must be โฆ To the world you are an abomination; a monster with unholy abilities. You're shunned and left to fend for yourself. Your only chance of survival is to tap into that dark potential - would you do it? In an isolated mountain community, sometimes a child is born with two hearts. Such a child - a striga - is considered a dangerous demon, which must be abandoned on the edge of the forest to protect the community. The only choice the child's mother can make is whether to leave her home with her infant, or stay behind and try to forget. Miriat made her choice. She and her nineteen-year-old striga daughter, Salka, now live a life of deprivation and hardship in a remote village, where to follow the impulses of the other heart is forbidden. But Salka is headstrong and young, and when threatened with losing everything, she is forced to explore the depths of her true nature, testing the bonds between mother and child. File Under: Fantasy [ Breaking Taboos | Hidden Shadows | Hungry Like the Wolf | Slavic Story๏ปฟ ]
Tropes
Awards
Tone
Content Warnings
Readers Also Enjoyed
The Near Witch
V. E. Schwab
Introducing The Witcher
Andrzej Sapkowski
Exile
R.A. Salvatore
He who Fights Monsters
Shirtaloon
The Obelisk Gate
N.K. Jemisin
The Warded Man
Peter V. Brett
Three Axes to Fall
Sam Sykes
The Daylight War
Peter V. Brett
Ink and Bone
Rachel Caine
The Magician's Land
Lev Grossman
Grilled Armageddon
Dakota Krout
Godsgrave
Jay Kristoff
Kaiju
Matt Dinniman
The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik
The Liar's Key
Mark Lawrence
The Lady of the Lake
Andrzej Sapkowski
The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne
The Dark Tower
Stephen King
The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin
Homeland
R.A. Salvatore