When Among Crows -- Veronica Roth

<p><b>An instant <i>USA Today</i> bestseller!</b> <p/><b>A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee!</b> <p/><b>Now in paperback, the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling <i>When Among Crows</i> is a story of witches, knights, and monsters set in modern day Chicago and pulling from Slavic folklore from #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Veronica Roth.</b> <p/><i>We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword.</i> <p/>On Kupala Night, Dymitr arrives in Chicago's monstrous, magical underworld with a perilous mission: pick the mythical fern flower and offer it to a cursed creature in exchange for help finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga. <p/>Ala is a fear-eating zmora afflicted with a bloodline curse that's slowly killing her. She's just desperate enough to say yes to Dymitr, even if she doesn't know his motives. <p/>Over the course of one night, Ala and Dymitr risk life and limb in search of Baba Jaga, and begin to build a tentative friendship. . . but when Ala finds out what Dymitr is hiding, it could destroy them both. <p/><b>"Lovely, lush, and full of otherworldly longing, this modern fairytale about righteousness and the weight we bear for love is Roth at her most imaginative and ethereal."--Olivie Blake, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Atlas Six</i></b></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Veronica Roth<br><b>Publisher:</b> Tor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 02/10/2026<br><b>Pages:</b> 192<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781250439659<br>