A collection of 17 parables for adults, written by the author in the form of fairy tales. The worlds of Christianity and paganism, reality and fiction are closely intertwined in the book by Dmitry Efimov. But the tales in the collection with elegant graphic drawings would rather be called parables. Each one makes you experience stories similar to fairy tales that happen in our ordinary lives. And to think... that every person can become a guardian angel, a wizard, and a dragon... “Dragons possessed knowledge accumulated over millennia. They possessed the remnants of ancient magic. They knew how to see the essence of people and feel their inner motives. They were great warriors. They felt Nature and knew how to communicate with it. They were probably children of nature, its elements.” Every character in this book is essentially a dragon. It contains both good and bad; walks the path to the light, to the salvation of those he loves, and therefore to his own salvation. The she-devil leaves hell, begging for peace for her beloved. And the one who has been waiting for her all his life and turns out to be of no use to her, puts his life on the altar of his beloved’s happiness, protects her both in life and there - beyond the edge. Someone becomes a monster so that the woman next to her becomes a beauty, and leaves. Efimov’s heroes do not perceive their actions as a feat. They are driven by love. And the magic that their feeling creates is filled with forgiveness and patience.