Steven Erickson, creator of the famous Malazan cycle (“Malazan Book of the Fallen”), appreciated by both readers and recognized masters of the fantasy genre, once again leads us along the intricate paths of his universe, where the art of magic is as commonplace as in ours world plane and car. Six stories about Beauchelin and Corbal Broch, two wandering necromancer sorcerers, and their miserable servant Emancipor Rhys will plunge us into such an abyss of passions that no one will find it enough. Our heroes are not distinguished by good morals, because in the world that surrounds them there is no place for sentimentality and gullibility, here you have to keep your eyes open so as not to be eaten - both figuratively and literally. True, due to the nature of their work, they are helped by the souls of the dead, who are able to predict the future - but not always and without much desire, so it is better to rely on yourself, on luck and on a fair wind. For the first time in Russian!