In the lush depths of the Russian forest, the legendary witch, Yaga, now faces an invocation from her past. The Tsaritsa Anastasia, once her friend and now the ailing wife of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, seeks Yaga's mystical healing. But beneath the entreaty lurks danger; a land on the verge of turmoil, a tsar descending into the whispers of tyranny, and divine machinations that twine through the tapestries of mortal fates. 'The Witch and the Tsar' transforms the fable of Baba Yaga, casting off the shroud of myth to reveal a tale of a wise and powerful woman, whose destiny is inextricably joined with the fate of a Russia teetering on the cusp of chaos. Here, Olesya Salnikova Gilmore weaves history and fantasy, creating a vivid reimagining of an age-old story.