The Sword and the Yatagan

Malta, 16th century. A boy named Niko is kidnapped by slave traders and taken to North Africa. His sister Maria has two dreams. First, to escape from the island, where no one has lifted a finger to save her brother.... However, her second dream seems even more difficult to realize: in a society where only noble sons are allowed in schools, a girl from a simple family wants to learn to read. Meanwhile, in Paris, Count Christian de Vries is growing up. He has been accepted into the Order of Hospitallers since birth, but the boy's heart is devoted to medicine… In a few years, all three will play their roles in the Great Siege of Malta, when civilizations will clash on the tiny island and the fate of Europe will be decided. From the slave markets of Algiers and the sultan's harem in Istanbul to the bustling quays of Paris and the knightly fortress in Malta: "The Sword and the Yatagan" is one of the best adventure sagas, a novel about the eternal struggle of religions and cultures of the East and the West. For the first time in Russian!