The Witch and the Tsar Psychology a darkly funny novel about

a darkly funny novel about a theater professor suffering chronic pain

The deep well of raw power inside her is Kier’s to wield

clandestine revolutionaries and lovers on the barricades

but also to uncover the truth

this volume illuminates a fascinating complex of preventive and curative rituals conducted by women at home--rituals that ensured the physical and spiritual well-being of the community and functioned as a vital counterpart to the public rites conducted by men in the synagogues

The Witch and the Tsar Psychology a darkly funny novel about"A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar breathes new life into stories you think you know."Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terribleand the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men. As a half goddess possessing magic,