TsarinaSpring 1699: Illegitimate, destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta has survived the brutal Russian winter in her remote Baltic village. Sold by her family into household labour at the age of fifteen, Marta survives by committing a crime that will force her to go on the run. A world away, Russia's young ruler, Tsar Peter I, passionate and iron willed, has a vision for transforming the traditionalist Tsardom of Russia into a modern, Western empire.

And sometimes it can be hard to tell where the sound stops and the feelings begin

It'll take a rabbit to teach a human humanity

And Logen Ninefingers

a cold evil has thrived unhindered for centuries In February 1830

who shepherds the soon-to-be retired into the unknown

and a cyborg pirate king who believes himself to be a mythological demon Jakob is having a bad day:

of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and Londons West End

'Once again

with painful inevitability

even to spend time at his friend Jackie's Glasgow Inn - he's had enough of getting his ass kicked

Pursued by demons

Lucy Partington