You’re in for an exciting journey through mysterious Moscow, where ghosts come alive, sorcery is practiced, and legendary treasures are hidden. On the pages of this book, the past and fiction merge together, and every corner of the capital is full of secrets.
Your companions in this world will be a boy named Gordey and a raven named Prokhor, who will help you go through riddles and labyrinths to explore mystical Moscow.
You will be able to:
• Learn about Yakov Bruce and his reputation as a Moscow wizard.
• Discover the location of Ivan the Terrible’s vanished library.
• Understand the origin of the phrase “to hell with the ends of nowhere” (literally: “beyond the devil’s settlements”).
• Meet Zhuzhu, the one who makes journalists tremble.
• Uncover the ominous secrets of Myasnitskaya Street.
• And much more!