The Most Terrifying Book. Zastupa: Blacker than Black

So, my gentlemen and ladies, are you willing to embark on a new captivating, dark, sometimes crazy and full of dangers journey through the Novgorod Republic, around the year 1668? To visit the frozen Ghastly Forests, inhabited by mermaids, revenants, and monsters? To plunge into the horrors of the peasant uprising, miraculously survive, and gaze at the execution of the captured leaders? In the company of a charming devil and an enchanting witch, see pre-New Year Novgorod, powdered with snow, festively decorated and drenched in blood? Or perhaps, to set off on an adventure with a barely familiar priest and try to unravel the mystery of the suddenly extinct villages? Or maybe you've long dreamed of discovering where one famous and virtuous ghoul called Zastupa came from and how he became one? If you are ready and not afraid, then welcome. The Spirit of Buchila will smile at you, extend his hand, and lead you: a killer, debaucher, rogue, and villain. A tiny grain of sand in the eye of the Lord God, an itchy burdock on the hairy backside of Satan.