Maria Galina is one of the best contemporary authors, a winner of many awards and a finalist of the Big Book. Each work by M. Galina becomes an event, and this is a rare case when a writer is considered “one of their own” both in science fiction and in great literature. Her bewitching stories capture and do not let go, like scary and beautiful fairy tales heard in childhood and remembered for a lifetime. Like a talisman warmed by the sun from the story “Chicken God”, which we keep all our lives, not understanding why - until its time comes... For a long time there has not been a writer who can awaken a teenager in an adult, ignite a spiritual spark in someone who has lost faith, and return it to a tired one. strength and self-control in the face of trials and possible failures. Galina is that rare and unique author who right now knows how to conduct a conversation with the reader on that almost forgotten wave on which our favorite books spoke to us in childhood. Contents: Time of the Vanquished Gladiators of the Night All sources abyssWolf starGivi and ShenderovichLooking from the darkHamsters in EgladorMalaya GlushaMedvedkiCity (cycle)Resort areaBlanket for AbaddonA completely different sideExpeditionFarewell, my angelDagorBeach at nightThe story of the second brotherMoon in the second quarterBardRed wolves, red geeseSolsticeChicken GodLute and all thatStories (with bornik)