It is better to keep secrets in the past. The secret, put into words, lays out the life of the young heroine Rogneda as a mosaic of incredible events. Love and separation, betrayal and friendship, humiliation and hope... Evgeny Rogachev gives the world the first book in a dilogy of historical adventure novels in the best traditions of R. L. Stevenson, W. Scott and F. Cooper. The realistic pictures of the Russian state of the 16th century created by the author are so captivating that the reader is completely immersed in the world where the heroes of this fascinating novel live. The only thing that will upset the reader is that the book ends too quickly.