The Stories of the Border: North-South

A dark fantasy about a warlike frontier, by a popular Polish author who is actively paving his way to fame in Russia.

The Mountain Watch is the last stronghold of the Meekhanian Empire on its northern borders. Here, in narrow valleys and abandoned villages, ancient evil still lurks. But the guards don’t save the world. They simply do their job: protecting peaceful residents from savage nomads, from tribes that have fallen under the influence of wild magic, from cults of bloodthirsty gods… And the Sixth Company has it hardest of all: again and again it finds itself in horrific, deadly situations—and behind all of it a sinister pattern starts to show through...

And in the south of the Empire, a reckless merchant hires as bodyguards a masterful warrior named Iatekh from the mysterious Issars—those who always hide behind a mask and kill anyone who sees their faces without mercy. The merchant doesn’t yet know what trials will befall his family, and that his decision will set in motion events that will put all of Meekhan’s fate on the line—and lead people to confront the gods…