EndlingUkraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men not for love, but to fund her work entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism. Nastia and her sister, Solomiya,

professional killers with the souls of artists

But there are rumours of a traitor in their midst - including the wolf who may be his mate

The fate of the empire may rest in his hands and the dragon's too

struggling to adjust to married life

happy and independent adult

In the summer of 2006

as this gentle timeless train carries each one forward towards the person they intend to become

The Earth was young and full of colour

Unforgettable as it was

A great game for avid puzzlers

aka Girl One

but he will return to a vastly different time