About the book: year / The first volume of the series is here: https://author.today/reader/225382 A world where nobles are proud of their magical Talent, they serve princes detachments of guardsmen, and serf orcs obediently working off their corvee. A world where carriages are pulled by magomechanical horses, guns are made by sorcerers, and masons study genetics. A world where the 18th century is coming to an end, instead of the Bering Strait there is the Bering Isthmus, and Catherine the Second ascended to the Russian throne.