Among a mass of crows, magicians, demons.

Book: When Among the Crows

Writing: Veronica Roth

Translation: Deck Sri Bush

Publisher: Beat

♪ Among the masses of demon crows ♪"Demitri," a young Polish man who visits Chicago on the night of the sacred Kupala, makes a deal with "Ala," or Alexia Drya, a half-breed of Zmora, and a man (Zmora, a wizard who feeds on fear) who is subjected to a blood curse. If you help him find the witch Baba Yaga, he will give her a fern that removes the curse.

"It's killing me," I said, "just as it kills your grandmother, just as it will kill you someday. This curse is in our blood, Ala, inexorable."

Only within 36 hours before the ferns run out of use, Ala agrees to help Demitri find Babayaga to destroy a member of the Sacred Order, whereupon they meet the Phitstrikka (a zombie in Slavic folk mythology) named Nikodem Kostka as an ally; the three must fight those who want to scramble the ferns, no matter the Phantoms, demons, witches, and confront the Holy Order Knights (whose job is to subdue dark forces) to find Babayaga.

"I helped Ala because she deserved help," said Nico. "I helped you because you were beautiful."

The book tells an addictive story; the characters are based on the mythology of demonic ghosts and supernatural creatures in Slavic culture, including Poles such as Stricka, Baba Yaga, Zroma, Bieneich, Phantoms, Short, Shedim, Upier, etc., whose books contain elements of fantasy novels about magic, curses, and the supernatural against a backdrop that is a New Age world.

The story goes very fun, addictive, and enjoyable. The reader wins the whole book of how the three characters will overcome obstacles, and let's secretly say that Young-Girl Y should also have a pillow finjic scene. For interpretive reading, there are also interesting points, with the storyline interpolating the issue of diversity through the characters, through the elements of fantasy fiction, and through the ingeniously entertaining implementation of the story.

In the aftermath of World War II, there were populations from the affected countries fleeing into American territory; there were people from foreign lands seeking refuge, especially from war-torn Europe, whose characters reflected the diversity of nations and religions that might have been a slate of sub-war, which the book might have contributed to and opened up the view of creating a livable world through an interesting acceptance of each other's values without discrimination.

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