A mysterious world in which the knight errant is just a pawn in the games of the ancient gods... Where stones speak and dragons lie in wait for the unwary... There are those whom the rain kills, and those whom it resurrects. Those who die in the teeth of dragons, and those who turn to stone to escape the flames of the desert. There are dwarf gods whose reckless art created two hostile races. And there is Boa, a mute squire girl, and Nat, a knight in flexible armor. And the road through the sands is sometimes full of surprises, even for those who are not afraid of death... From the translator. Based on this novel, a beautiful full-length cartoon “Children of the Rain” was filmed in 2003. But from the original source (novel) in the cartoon only the surroundings remained, the event line was COMPLETELY changed. And if the cartoon is aimed at viewers aged 6 years and above (as cartoons should be), then the book is addressed to an older audience. Translator: Tatyana Polla