Aleksei Provotorov stands out among many dark fantasy authors with his unique style. His works include all the genre’s characteristic elements: a grim atmosphere, romance, magic, artifacts, and supernatural creatures. There is always a price for sorcery, regardless of your motives. Once you decide to look for a way to interrogate a dead pervert, to open a mysterious cold casket, to uncover the secret of a maker of tablets from people, or to call a witch with a dog’s tongue— you’ll have to pay for it wherever you end up. Whether it’s in a dense forest where the fallen cannot rest, in swamps where flowers become instruments of execution, beyond the edge of the map where “this is for the beasts,” or in the ash-heap of an alchemical factory under a thunderstormy, moldy moon. The question is: is it worth it? You’ll answer it when the time comes to pay.