From the Author: Here, in this file, I have posted the entire pentalogy of “KHVAK”, all eleven works of the cycle, precisely in the author’s reading order. At one time, I wrote the first piece of the cycle - this is a short “Prelude to Khvak”, and almost immediately after it, as if an epilogue to an epic that had not yet been created - this is “Postkhvakum”. And between them there are already five novels and four crossroads. It turned out akin to how music is built in jazz compositions on a given topic. I have known readers who “swallowed” the entire pentalogy in an evening, in two, but... Everyone, of course, is free to do as they please, however, it would be better for readers not to rush: the novel is huge, the world described in it is also very large, in addition, it comes into contact with “Evil spirits”, “I love time”, “Autumn Hunting with Murman and Alyonushka” and the leisurely reader will learn much more, see much more clearly, understand much more deeply, because I did not write the novel to order and not for money, in full force, precisely with the discerning and thoughtful reader in mind. By the way, I’ll add: the book version of the novel is slightly different from this one, which is in front of you, because I was not lazy, took my time and for more than three months I proofread what I wrote, corrected it, weeded out mistakes and typos, polished it... without touching, of course, the plot lines. Most won't notice any difference, but it is there. The file is huge, but here in the section it is divided into eleven smaller files, all the latest edits have been made there. Anyone who wants to read it is welcome. P.S. In the novel “I Love Time” there is a short episode where Ziel, Lin and little ooh-ooh Gvozdik meet. I deliberately wrote it in slightly different colors than in “Raised by a Knight”, as if from a different point of view... But without contradictions. The last author's edit of the works of the cycle was 07/18/12