Allow me to introduce myself: Alexandra Cherl, “in civilian life,” Svetlana Kositskaya, a domestic-life writer. In other words, the very person who, in reality, doesn’t know a thing—but in theory knows everything. Or almost everything. Not so long ago, I was a successful translator with knowledge of five languages. However, for the past five years I’ve been writing stories about people who get transported into other worlds—about “pa-pa-dants,” you understand. And now imagine what unforgettable feelings I experienced when I found myself in the body of a young unfamiliar lady, with all the (by the laws of the genre) consequences! An evil stepmother, a husband imposed on the poorest match, and all the other delights that authors, oh how we love to fantasize about. Whew! All right, I’ll go make this world better. See you on the pages of my new life. One world, different authors—this is the cycle “Fragments of an Empire.”