The Great Battle is over. Above the ashes of the old world rises the ghost of the new world - Lord Krishna, the Black Screwtape with the unchanging flute in his hands. Who is he really, a rebellious avatar of a celestial being, a creature with a god in his soul, a king in his head and a stone in his bosom? What does he want? Those who knew it are dead. Those who did not know it are dead too. And before Indra the Thunderer, step by step, the stormy life of Karna, the Foundling, nicknamed Cleaver, is revealed, the life of mortal lightning from earth to sky...

Contents: A.V. Shmalko. Echo of the Song of the Lord (article), pp. 5-11Henry Lyon Oldie. Go wherever you want (novel), pp. 12-442 Glossary of names, pp. 443-454

Artist Alexander Yatskevich