“Cultural clashes between Russian and Tatar on matters of religion, family, women’s roles, and food provide a rich background for the storylines. There’s a bit of tension between genres of romance, adventure, political intrigue, and the almost mythological sense that introduces the book … a good read with compelling main characters and a lively story.”

—Historical Novel Review

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“Swiftly paced, with compelling characters and vivid scenes evoking distant Muscovy, The Golden Lynx is a find for lovers of historical fiction.”

—Russian Life

“A ‘ripping good yarn,’ as adventure stories have always been. Enter the exotic, cut-throat world of sixteenth-century Muscovy in the company of a Tatar princess whose skills would have made her equally a heroine on the American frontier. The Kremlin court of the not-yet-Terrible toddler Ivan and his mother-regent Elena Glinskaia, boyar intrigue, arranged political marriages, spirit animals and ancestors pointing the way to restoring balance and order in the universe—what more could a reader want except further adventures, which are heralded by the advent of another animal messenger?”

—Ann M. Kleimola, professor of history, University of Nebraska