About the book: year / Over a thousand years ago, an alliance arose between civilizations of different space-time continuums. The merchants and pirates of Heoliki teamed up with the magicians of Eorattan, who had mastered the method of moving between universes. And since then, groups of different tribes have been engaged in trade, and sometimes robbery, in alien parallel worlds, bringing booty to their enterprising masters. But not every one of those who is in this dubious service is happy with their fate. One day, our compatriot Vasily Kirpichenko, and with him a Scandinavian jarl, a Hawaiian leader, a peasant serf and several other people, accidentally obtained the Key of Crossroads. Now they have a chance to return home or, at least, find a comfortable world to live in.…