Calumet Editions

Prisoner of Hope

Book 2 of 2: People of the Blood

In 1993, Ashley Cooper and his daughter Annie arrive in post-Soviet Moscow, continuing their quest to become ‘Of the Iskandarov’ after The Hidden One. Set in the newborn Russian Federation and ending in a wild, magical Arctic scarred by Stalinism, the second People of the Blood novel follows Ashley—alongside the love of his life—through deadly Iskandarov trials in a demonic realm as he hunts his father’s gulag diary, proof of the “Iron Cage.”

wild ride with well-developed characters… and loads of adventure

—B.C., review on Amazon

Description

In 1993, arriving in Moscow the day after Mitchell’s first novel The Hidden One ended in Paris, Ashley Cooper and his daughter, Annie, continue their quest to become \”Of the Iskandarov” The setting for the second book in The People of the Blood Trilogy is the newly formed Russian Federation and ends in the wild, magical arctic region, a place scarred and corrupted by Stalinism. Accompanied by the love of his life, Ashley faces dangerous Iskandarov tests in the realm of the demons while searching for his father’s gulag diary. The diary contains proof of the so-called “Iron Cage” and is likely to get Ashley killed. The mystical Iskandarovs are not truly Russian but a once powerful clan from the Caucasus, just now emerging from the shadows of communism.

Product Details

PublishedDecember 27, 2022
ImprintCalumet Editions
LanguageEnglish
Print length392
ISBN-13978-1959770947
Dimensions6 x 0.87 x 9 inches

Prisoner of Hope is a wild ride with well-developed characters, interesting locations, a unique love story, and loads of adventure. This second book in Norm Mitchell’s trilogy, People of the Blood, answered questions from the first book, The Hidden One, and left me looking forward to the third. I appreciated how Mitchell wove in the key details from the first book to ready me for the intrigue and mystique that was about to unfold.

—B.C., review on Amazon