The Rusalka

Vlad keeps so many secrets that they surround him like a cloak of mist:  one secret hides another, protects another.  He's a gay man in Volgograd, Russia.and a drug dealer.and a vedmak, a witch, who can release the souls of the dying, if they wish it. His secrets keep him safe.until he meets a rusalka, an undead water spirit who drowns the men who get too close to her, and has to face the terrible truth she brings...