I've never heard of the first book so I think I would have to read that one first but this sequel sounds super interesting. I want to know why her only choices are marriage or going to live in a convent. I'm curious to know how she is capable of defending Moscow and also I'd like to know what she is defending it from. I'd like to know more of her story and is it just her that has to make this choice or is it society forcing her and other young women to make the same decision. Does she have parents? Siblings? The description isn't very revealing and I hope that's not a hint that the story is lacking. I wonder if this book is set in a fictional Moscow or a realistic time period. I don't know much about Moscow so that is interesting as well.