About the book: 2022 / Ancient Rus'...Christianity is just beginning to penetrate the lands of Kyiv. And although the ruler of the ancient capital, Princess Olga, has already converted to Orthodoxy, the majority of people inhabiting the Kyiv lands worship their ancient gods. Against the backdrop of struggle and intrigue between the Catholic and Orthodox branches of Christianity - for establishment in the Kiev principality - the action of this book unfolds. But other forces intervene in this struggle, ancient and witchcraft, which for many centuries supported spirituality and faith in Rus'... The sinful love of the werewolf Veznich and the daughter-in-law of Princess Olga Martha... No less sinful and dangerous for the Kyiv principality is the love of Prince Svyatoslav and Malusha, the daughter of his father’s murderer ...All this is intertwined into such a tangle of passions that it seems that there is no way out of this pile of events and intrigues at all. And you have to choose... Between love and duty. Between faith and devotion. Between... But often such a choice is so terrible that - maybe ?! - it would be better if it didn’t exist…