The novel “Sword of the Dead” was written jointly by two famous writers - Maria Semenova (“Wolfhound”, “Valkyrie”, “Kudeyar”) and Andrei Konstantinov (“Gangster Petersburg”, “Journalist”, “Friend or Foe”, “Tula Tokarev"). Rare historical authenticity of the narration is combined here with an intense and cinematically verified detective plot. The distant 9th century. In the city of Ladoga - the first capital of Northern Rus' - two princes did not get along, their own Vadim and Rurik, called from overseas. Vadim has to leave, and now a new settlement is growing stronger in the upper reaches of the Volkhov - the future Novgorod. Powerful forces are fueling the enmity of the princes, and things are heading towards open war. Will the two proud leaders be able to reconcile, and if they do, then at what price will their reconciliation be purchased?.. By the will of fate, the young heroes of the story find themselves in the thick of intrigue, and the main one is the lonely Vend Ingar, a fearless and ruthless warrior, whose earthly destiny is find and, at least at the cost of your own life, return the sacred relic of your exterminated tribe - the blue-eyed sword of Perun, the sword of the dead.