“Crushing the Great” is Denis Deev’s novel, the third book in the eponymous cycle, genres: bojarime, transmigration, battle science fiction. Vengeance for the deaths of one’s relatives is a matter of honor for every aristocrat. But it turned out that unknown power rules the ancient clans, their struggle for power, money, and influence. For centuries it has been pulling the strings, controlling the strongest in the world. And to whom do I have to deliver my revenge? To powerless puppets? Or to the Great Puppet Master hiding behind the curtain?