Where the Dark Stands Still

The image features the Italian edition of the gothic fantasy novel Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek, published under the sub-label Il Castoro OFF with the subtitle La foresta dell'amore eterno. Inspired by Slavic folklore, the story follows seventeen-year-old Liska Radost, who strikes a dangerous one-year bargain with the Leszy—the immortal demon guardian of an enchanted forest—to rid herself of her monstrous magic, only to discover that everyone who made the pact before her has mysteriously vanished .