In the 4th century. p. R.H. Europe was attacked by the nomadic Huns who came from Asia. Ancient historians considered the Huns not people, but fiends of hell. In the 5th century The king of the Huns, Attila, created an empire of nomads from the Volga to the Rhine, led by the Huns, who almost conquered both Roman Empires - Eastern and Western. The book by Wolfgang Akunov tells about the fate of the Huns. It is published in the series “Documents and materials of the ancient and modern history of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem”, for it is in the era described in it that the roots of later Christian chivalry go, the highest embodiment and archetype of which was the Order of the Poor Companions of Christ and the Temple of Solomon.