Tanya Grotter and the Centaur's Boots

Tanya Grott­er, the Grobnyya, Vanka Vyaljalkin, Gunya Glomov, Yagun and Shurasik end up in a parallel world. The forests of this eerie world are populated by undead, and the mountains and dungeons are inhabited by spirits. Four elements rule there—fire, water, air, and earth—which all the magicians in this world obey. No one can use magic of an element other than the one that gives them strength. Here invisibly reigns the Stikhia­ry—an incorporeal being whose powers are tens of times greater than those of an ordinary sorcerer.

Once, the Stikhia­ry was brought here by magic—by Feofil Grott­er. An ancestor of Tanya once used the Stikhia­ry’s help, but having considered the price set for it to be excessive, he broke the contract and, without paying, cunningly transferred the Stikhia­ry to a parallel world. In order to leave it and return to its own dimension, the Stikhia­ry must be fed the runes from its cup with the blood of Feofil Grott­er, which now runs only in the veins of Tanya Grott­er…