Fire, Wind & Yesterday, set in a treacherous ninth-century land that is now Ukraine and southern Russia, is a novel for those who love serious historical fiction. La sha sees the chance and claims her freedom from involuntary servitude, fleeing alone down a cold Russian river. Her escape is thwarted but perhaps she can manipulate Kolyek, a bumbling, vision-impaired Slavic healer deep in the woods, to shield her until she finds another way home. But...