In the Universe, at the Edge of the World, where the laws of the Ecumene - the civilized part of space - do not apply, criminals and murderers have settled, ruled by the five Lords of Evil... They destroy the planet Mount Pleasant, which dared to oppose their tyranny. Of the planet's population, only one remains alive. And from now on, his destiny is revenge... Jack Vance’s brilliant fantasy epic “The Saga of the Masters of Evil” is written in the genre of an exciting space action movie. This volume includes the first two novels of the Pentateuch. It is published in Russian for the first time.