The Connoisseur: Bonds of Hell

An engrossing mystical work where events of the Soviet era of 1965 are closely connected to ancient Slavic beliefs. Former partisan Demian Klimov, who possesses secret knowledge, is forced to confront supernatural forces that threaten his village.

Knowledge is not just power; it is a duty.

In 1965 in the Soviet Union, Demian Klimov—a master of an ancient art and a war veteran—fights against the inexplicable. His task is to close (sometimes at the cost of his own blood) the gaps between worlds. His fate is to save those who seem doomed.

When children begin to disappear in the village of Zador’ye, corpses appear, and the chairman’s wife suffers from evil spellwork, Demian and the young apprentice Maximka must stand at the boundary between worlds to protect their neighbors from looming disaster. But they still don’t know that ahead of them lies the most terrible story. Neither conspiracies, nor Thursday salt, nor rituals will help, because the bonds of Darkness are strong, and the planned separation promises a new meeting ahead.