The girl in the tower- Katherine

For a young woman in medieval

Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or a life in a convent.

Vasya will choose a third way: magic...

When Vasya encounters the Grand Prince of Moscow, she is dressed as a boy for safety's sake. This is a dangerous country with a court plagued by power struggles and bandits roaming the countryside.

One of the Prince's advisers, Sasha, recognises this boy' as his younger sister and must keep her secret. For Vasya has remarkable gifts and may be the only one who can save the city from threats both human and fantastical...