Yvgenie
core novel 1991 Rusalka
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.75 (532 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| Page count | 282 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345367846 |
Synopsis
Years later, a half-drowned boy named Yvgenie is pulled from a flooded river and taken in by Sasha and Pyetr's household -- only for it to become clear he is haunted by the lingering presence of Chernevog. Ilyana, the family's own gifted daughter, finds herself caught between sympathy for the innocent boy and the pull of the ghost inside him, as old magic threatens to unravel everything the family has built. The trilogy's close weighs what wizardry costs an ordinary family trying to live an ordinary life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rusalka
- Series: Rusalka core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C.J. Cherryh
Notes
- From the series record (Rusalka): Also published collectively as The Russian Stories.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Rusalka: position 3 of 3: previous Chernevog (1990)
Sources
← Rusalka dossier · All universes
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