M. Moorcock's cycle “Legends of the Edge of Time” continues the collection of legend stories. In it we meet again with the beloved heroes of the novel “Dancers on the Edge of Time”: the Duke of Queens, Werther de Goethe, Lord Mongrove, Mrs. Christia and others. As often happens in the works of M. Moorcock, the described world is visited by already familiar time travelers: Mrs. Una Person, Prince Elric of Melnibonai, the Fire Jester... Each character of the writer is a carnival mask, a cast of human character and lifestyle. “Inexperienced, they loved without knowing passion, competed without knowing jealousy, feuded without knowing rage. Ideas, often grandiose and inimitable, were realized without obsession and forgotten without regret by people who did not know the fear of death...”