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The Fifth Doll is a dark fantasy novel by Charlie N. Holmberg. It tells the story of Matrona, a young woman who lives in a secluded village where a man named Slava, makes Russian-nesting dolls that contains everyone’s secrets, emotions, and memories. When Matrona opens her doll, she unleashes a series of events that reveal the truth about her village and its mysterious keeper, Slava. She also discovers her feelings for Jaska, the village potter, and faces a choice between staying in the familiar world or escaping to a new one. The novel won the 2017 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction.