A tetralogy from the cycle “Count Berestyov” under one cover: fantasy about aristocrat-mages, family feuds, and a struggle for power on an alternative Earth. Here, boyar-anime, action fantasy, and adventure science fiction intertwine.
“I was the younger son of the count—and fate handed me a cruel surprise. A magical cripple with a mangled source—almost a death sentence. I kept apart from court intrigues and the behind-the-scenes games of the nobility, delighted by the chance to live quietly, tend to my own affairs, and discover the world. No duels, no challenges, no provocations from the great houses of the empire. But it all collapsed in a single moment… Who could have guessed that my father would be murdered, my brother taken captive, and that the family signet ring, which holds knowledge and the clan’s secret techniques, would choose me as heir?… Now I am the head of the Berestyov family. And this is my story.”