river. Yvgenie was rescued by Ilyana (after Chernevog had revived him) and Nadya was found by the leshys. Chernevog leads Ilyana to the stone in the leshy's circle upon which he had slept. After Chernevog died near the end of Chernevog, the leshys took his bones to the stone. Then when Ilyana was born, they used magic to revive him and sent him to bring her back to the stone. Ilyana was young, innocent and gifted, and the leshys believed she could defeat Hwiuur, who was spreading evil through the forest. But by the time Chernevog arrives at the stone with Ilyana, the leshys have succumbed to Hwiuur and died. Chernevog had delayed his return with Ilyana because he had fallen in love with her and knew the leshys would preserve her on the stone. Having lost his control over Chernevog, Hwiuur harasses Pyetr and Sasha, and then attempts to bargain with Eveshka for Ilyana. Finally Hwiuur attacks Ilyana, but Sasha, Pyetr and Eveshka find her, and Sasha rams a pot of salt down the vodyanoi's throat, neutralizing him. Safe again, the family reunites, with the addition of Nadya and Chernevog/Yvgenie. Chernevog explains that when the leshys freed him, they changed him and that he is not the evil person he used to be. Nadya is welcomed by Eveshka and Ilyana as their step-daughter and -sister. Ilyana is happy with her new friend(s) Chernevog/Yvgenie, and Sasha and Nadya have become attracted to each other. Sasha later confesses to Eveshka that he had wished for companionship, but Eveshka believes that a wish 100 years ago had set all these events in motion. Reception Science fiction and fantasy writer Roland J. Green wrote in a review of Yvgenie in the Chicago Sun-Times that he was impressed with Cherryh's "characterization and knowledge of folklore", and described the whole Russian series as her "most significant work of fantasy". A reviewer in Kirkus Reviews was less enthusiastic about Yvgenie, saying that the "most bothersome aspect" of this story is its "sourceless, effortless magic", and did not expect the book to attract too many devotees, except perhaps young readers who may be drawn to Ilyana's predicament. Notes References Works cited Further reading External links . Yvgenie at Worlds Without End 1991 American novels 1991 fantasy novels Novels about magic Novels about fairies and sprites Fantasy novels by C. J. Cherryh Del Rey books Slavic mythology in