Thrice by Andrew D. Meredith

Forced out on the road with the boy left in his care, Jovan determines to journey into the cave of the bear—to seek out those that would do him and his boy harm.

Forced out on the road with the boy left in his care, Jovan determines to journey into the cave of the bear—to seek out those that would do him and his boy harm.

It is the boy and his bottomless well of soul-searing magic that they seek.

They would do anything to exploit it.

And Jovan would do anything to stop them.

Book 1 of the Needle and Leaf series.

“Steeped in a wealth of brooding Slavic folklore, Thrice is a deeply personal story of a reluctant father and the mysterious child in his care. It beautifully weaves a tale of personal survival with a much grander narrative of ill-fated bargains and dangerous magic of the past to tell a story that’s both intimate and epic.”

—Graham McNeill, New York Times bestselling author of A Thousand Sons