Exciting and superbly written stories from the “sudden patriarch of Russian fantasy”, the author of “The Many-Armed God Dalain”, co-author of Nick Perumov based on the novels “Black Blood” and “Black Tornado”, winner of a great many literary prizes and awards, including “ Aelita", "Interpresscon", "Roskon", "Wanderer", Kir Bulychev Prize, "The Philosopher's Stone" - a true master of humorous and philosophical fiction, the world famous writer Svyatoslav Loginov! Stories about terrible forest sorcerers do not allow mere mortals to sleep peacefully and powerful rulers. Few of those who entered the Debryansky thickets return back. And when the forest sorcerers themselves leave their wilds, entire tribes and states are horrified. War becomes inevitable. Is it possible for an ordinary archer named Skor to stop the enemy and master the secret of the legendary Medyn gold?.. Honey Island, despite its name, is all covered with glaciers, but it is here that the mysterious Axis Mundi is located, access to which can only be obtained by a powerful sorcerer. And only one who knows dragons. The deposed king, a student of the greatest magician of the Universe, Raston, fled to Honey Island from his enemies. But he fled only to save the world from destruction, taming the giant serpent Ouroboros and returning the heavenly Veil to where it should be... Contents: Axis Mundi (story), pp. 5-144 Medynsky Gold (story), pp. 145 -381