“Guides of the Gods” is a novel about Staraya Ladoga in the last months of the reign of the Prophetic Oleg. Pagan holidays, in which Ladoga residents, the prince with his retinue and numerous gods of Ladoga take part: Slavic, Finno-Ugric, Scandinavian; the conspiracy of Prince Igor against the Prophetic Oleg, the applied magic of pagan rituals, the life of the ancient city, where people directly and thoroughly addressed the gods, and the gods answered the people. The story “A Scarf for a Sinner” is a kind of remake of “Shagreen Skin”. But these days, the relationship between the hero and the devil turns out to be completely different from what was expected, and evil tries itself as a judge.