About the book: 2018 / It’s the end of the 19th century, the century of smoke, noise and great social upheaval. In noble estates, quiet romances are still heard, and the speeches of ministers are full of confidence in the future, but the most sensitive can already hear the grinding sound with which the old world order is falling apart. Powder fumes are wafting from distant fields, and very soon the crowns will fall from the crowned crowns. Some are waiting for this moment with joy, others with fear, and still others are hastily looking for first class tickets to the future, regardless of anything. People always remain people - neither good nor bad, courageous and cowardly, faithful to duty and oath, or understanding these words in a completely different way. Some heroes fight for yesterday, others for tomorrow. And beyond the threshold the Time of the Blizzard from old legends is already grinning. Not everything will fall, but everything will change. PS The author's world, there is no fairy-tale fauna and classical magic, there is mysticism and elements of horror.