Writer Svyatoslav Loginov is a well-deserved winner of many science fiction awards (Strannik, Interpresscon, Roskon, Aelita Prize, Belyaev Prize, Kir Bulychev Prize, Ivan Efremov Prize, etc.), master of the short form, author of the novel “The Many-Armed God of Dalaina,” one of the most unusual phenomena in Russian science fiction, which changed the idea of what it should be, and other brilliant works recognized and in demand by readers. The three novels included in this book are three worlds, three sides of life. In the novel “The Light in the Window” the action takes place on the other side of existence, in the afterlife, where the main character ends up after death. But this afterlife is not fragile and ephemeral, as in the imagination of most mystics. It has strict economic laws: here you can get everything you need in life - from the simplest things, clothing, services, food to the luxury of rich mansions surrounded by impregnable walls - but you need to pay for your needs with the memory that you left behind. yourself in the world of the living. As long as you are remembered there, you are also alive here. If the memory of you is erased, you turn into emptiness. The novel “Earthly Paths” is a multi-layered story about how magic leaves the world. Progress, the hard-working god, the patron of artisans and scientists, displaced the usual gods in which people believed, and with them magic, to the remote outskirts of civilization. In a world that does not believe in magic, magic loses its power. In a world that does not believe in gods, gods cease to be gods. “The Well.” Set in the 17th century. The scene is half the world. Wherever the evil fate took Semyon, a simple peasant from near Tula, who went to try his luck on the Volga and was captured by steppe nomads. The sands of Arabia, Persia, Mecca, Istanbul, Jerusalem, China, India... He went through everything in life, took on all his sins, changed banners, clothes, faith, and returned to his homeland with a soul burned with hatred for his offenders. But in nature there is a magical well that gives a person something that cannot be bought for any treasure. This is the gift of mercy. And the one who receives this gift finds peace in his heart...