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The Eighth Sign of the Lion by Michael M. Naydan
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The Eighth Sign of the Lion

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The Eighth Sign of the Lion is Michael M. Naydan’s sequel to his 2016 novel Seven Signs of the Lion. Nicholas Bilanchuk resurfaces from a fountain before the Lviv Opera House, certain only minutes have passed when in truth ten years are gone. As the city of lions slowly restores his strength, old friends, former loves, and a new love named Andzhela draw him back into life, and long-buried memories surface so that he can finally begin to heal. It unfolds in Lviv in 2019, on the eve of a war few could yet imagine: a story of return, memory, and grace.

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The ending of Seven Signs of the Lion (published by Glagoslav in 2016) was left at a critical junction, begging for a sequel, and here it is – The Eighth Sign of the Lion. Follow life’s fascinating journey for Nicholas Bilanchuk in his beloved, adopted home city of Lviv, Ukraine in 2019, three years before the then unimaginable full-scale invasion by Russia in 2022.

He reappears mysteriously, emerging from a fountain in front of the Lviv Opera House in recovery mode after a traumatic confrontation with cosmic forces. To him, it seemed like he was gone for minutes – in reality, ten years had passed. Upon his return, he has the opportunity to meet up with old friends, former loves, and a new romantic interest Andzhela, whom he encounters at a concert of classical music.

Over time, regaining the strength that the magical city of lions gives him, he slowly begins to remember the traumatic events of the past, only to be given a gift at the end of the novel that leads him to heal.

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Michael M. Naydan
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178 pages
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20th July 2026
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Michael M. Naydan

Michael M. Naydan, Woskob Family Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the Pennsylvania State University, is a prolific literary translator of contemporary poetry and prose from Ukrainian and Russian. He has published over 30 books of translations and more than 100 articles and translations in literary journals.

His anthology of Ukrainian poetry, A Hundred Years of Youth (Litopys Publishers, 2000), co-edited with Olha Luchuk, includes over 100 of his own poetry translations alongside biographical sketches of 100 authors. His translation of Perverzion by the preeminent contemporary Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych (Northwestern University Press, 2005) received an Award in Translation from the American Association in Ukrainian Studies. His translation (with Svitlana Bednazh) of Larysa Denysenko’s novel The Sarabande of Sara’s Band (Glagoslav Publishers) was chosen as May 2013 Editor’s Pick by World Literature Today. He compiled, co-translated and edited Herstories: An Anthology of Ukrainian Women’s Prose, which was published by Glagoslav Publishers in 2014. And with Slava Yastremski he has published two books of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poetry in translation: After Russia (Ardis Publishers, 1992) and The Essential Poetry (Glagoslav Publishers, 2015).

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