“On a Wooden Plate” is a narrative on the edge of legend and reality: here, northern myths become true, and the heroine must find the determination to accept her ancestral inheritance and challenge the ancient gods. As soon as the shaman grandmother leaves you an ancient dish capable of pulling anything out of nowhere—from a sandwich to a finished term paper—miracles won’t keep you waiting. At dawn, a bodiless call will sound: “Go to us, Tynagyrgyn!” A little mouse, Vuvyltu, will appear and warn about the soon awakening of the creator and destroyer of worlds—the great Raven Kutha. And most importantly, you’ll feel someone’s close gaze, watching from the darkness. No wonder Alina Potekhina became the winner of Sergey Lukyanenko’s Litmaster Workshop. I highly recommend it! Maria Semenova, author of the cult cycle “Wolfhound.” You are holding the second book of the series “Rus of the Chthonic” in the design by artist Anya Nagrani.