From the publisher: “I looked around and my soul became wounded. Favorite science fiction is drowning in blood, some non-existent Good with incredible cruelty wets the equally unprecedented Evil... And during these showdowns, the authors completely forget about the existence of ordinary kindness,” said Svyatoslav Loginov at the seventh Roskon. In this book, blood also flows - a few drops , to give water to a restless soul in the Elven country. The heroes of the book do not carry swords, they simply live real life in their 12th century next to the Marvelous People. Everything here is real: mud in the spring on the hills, in which sheep are drowning, love and fidelity, passion and suffering. Even the Queen of the Elven Country is real. Kashner managed the impossible - to tell the ancient legend of Thomas Learmont in such a way that it takes your breath away from the beauty and truthfulness of the narrative. Awards and prizes: World Fantasy Award, 1991 // Novel (Novel) Mythopoeic Awards, 1991 // Mythopoetic Fantasy Award