Zastupa: All Shades of Carrion

Novgorod land, the seventeenth century—wild, undeveloped country, a place where the most terrible legends and tales become reality, and the End of the World is expected as salvation. Here demons buy souls, werewolves break gates, sorcerers create creatures from scraps of human bodies; rumors say war is near, and life isn’t worth a broken penny. The forests swarm with the unclean, in abandoned cemeteries the dead rise, ancient tomb-robbers hide untold treasures, roads are soaked in blood, and from the sky a hideous moon glares down, bringing ruin and plague. And such a mad world needs a fitting hero. Meet Rukh Buchila—killer, scoundrel, rogue, and a little bit of a saint. Winner of the weak, protector of monsters, hunter of cutesy widows with the motto: “Anyone but me.” The last hope in the face of the sinking darkness. A wretch cursed by God and people.