Even as a boy, Svyatoslav, the son of Olga and Igor, took on the burden of power. Obsessed with military affairs, the young man never thought about marriage—yet since childhood, for political reasons, two brides had been chosen for him. Whom should he choose: the Smolensk princess Priyana, whose fame as a sorceress has already spread, or the Drevlyan Goriana, the daughter of Christian parents? Svyatoslav was ready to obey his mother’s decision… until he met one of the girls himself.