Second Bell

In a secluded mountain community, striga children are shunned and left to fend for themselves. Miriat, a mother of a nineteen-year-old striga daughter, Salka, must choose between leaving her home or staying behind to protect the community. Salka is headstrong and explores her true nature, testing the bonds between mother and child.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 09 March 2021
\n Publisher: Watkins Media
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In a secluded mountain community, a child is born with two hearts, a phenomenon known as a striga. These children are shunned and left to fend for themselves, considered dangerous demons that must be abandoned on the forest's edge to protect the community. The mother's choice is stark: either leave her home with her infant or stay behind and try to forget.

Miriat, a mother of a nineteen-year-old striga daughter named Salka, made her choice. They live a life of deprivation and hardship in a remote village, where the impulses of the other heart are forbidden. However, Salka is headstrong and young, and when threatened with losing everything, she is compelled to explore the depths of her true nature, testing the bonds between mother and child.

This story explores themes of isolation, rejection, and the search for identity. It sheds light on the complexities of mother-child relationships and the consequences of living in a society that marginalizes those who are different. The striga's dual hearts represent the duality of human nature, with both light and dark aspects, and the story asks the question: what price would one pay to embrace their true self?

File Under: Fantasy, Breaking Taboos, Hidden Shadows, Hungry Like the Wolf, and Slavic Story.

\n Weight: 328g\n
Dimension: 136 x 215 x 33 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780857668905\n
Edition number: New ed\n