Ash of Change. Book 1. Dust and Steel

Seven years have passed since the kingdom of Engatu was soaked in the blood of a fratricidal war. Now on the throne is Lord Edwald Odering, known as One-Handed, and the mercenary Tarinor, his former bodyguard, wanders the ravaged lands in search of peace, wishing to forget the nightmares of the past, exchanging the dust of the roads and the steel of his blade for the sound of silver.
But the world is as fragile as spring ice. Within the castle walls, conspiracies are brewing, elves watch humans with cold hatred, someone in the magical Academy has declared a hunt on fire mages, and the barely established balance is ready to falter again. A chance meeting with the young mage Ignat and the dark elf Dram draws Tarinor into a game where the stakes are not just silver but the fate of the entire world. And crows are already circling in the sky, anticipating a bloody feast.

• 1. Dark heroic fantasy in the spirit of the cult series “The Witcher” by Andrzej Sapkowski, “Guardian” by Ivan Belov, and “A Game of Thrones” by George Martin. Inside: a vast detailed world, thrilling adventures of a mercenary with a code of honor, intrigues and conspiracies, sharp black humor.
• 2. The novel was endorsed by Nick Perumov himself, the founding father of the genre of Russian epic fantasy.
• 3. Stylish design: hardcover with embossed lettering and illustration by the popular artist Max Olin, a map of the world, and the coats of arms of the great houses by artist Adeli Kane on the endpapers and flyleaf, internal narrative illustrations by Dmitry Alekseev, stylish layout, high-quality typographic paper. Inside, there is a link to the track by popular singer Misha Mara, inspired by the fantasy novel.