The Guardian of the Holy Grail

World-renowned restorer Dmitry Starygin, following the encrypted instructions of his Spanish colleague Pedro Mendez, finds the Book of Secrets. Only the chosen one can read the records of the ancient tome—regardless of what language they speak. Together with Mendez’s student Maria—a girl with golden eyes—Dmitry begins the search for the oldest artifact described in the Book of Secrets: the Holy Grail Cup, which grants extraordinary power to its owner. However, on Starygin’s path stands a descendant of the Polovtsian khans who thirsts to take it for himself—and therefore the entire world as well. Poisoning Maria with a deadly toxin, he demands that Dmitry find the Cup in exchange for an antidote…