title: The Firebird
author: Kearsley, Susanna
description: Two Women.
  One Mysterious Relic.
  Separated By Centuries.
  
  Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called "The Firebird," claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine, it's a problem. There's no proof.
  
  But Nicola's held the object. She knows the woman is telling the truth.