Mangup

For readers 18+

The Grand Duke Aleksey sits on the throne in the white fortress atop a mountain. He receives Turkish envoys—who, besides gifts, bring him death. Different rumors circulate about him beyond the alluring Tauris, but the ruler isn’t so simple: when the Ottoman mercenary Tytai tries to carry out a deadly plan, the pieces on the chessboard are already arranged entirely differently…

So what is the price of happiness in a world where you can buy a human life? What’s more vivid: the scent of blood or sandalwood? Where is the line after which betrayal turns from evil to good?

From the author

“The ‘Mangup’ formula is an ancient, as old as the world, tale of slaves and masters as a starting point. And a grand, hidden story shrouded in veils of half-truths and secrets of the Goth principality of Theodoro, with its white-stone capital on top of the mountain.”