The distant future. The country that once bore the proud name of China is now just a multitude of warring kingdoms. After a global catastrophe, not only knowledge and achievements were lost, but also the very names of cities and provinces. It is here, dressed as a Mongolian shaman, that the dog-headed Appendage arrives with the corpse of his friend Aubrey Darger, because only the Infallible Healer is able to return life to a cold body. And this risky operation is successful. Deadly adventures await the resurrected Darger and his immortal companion Doveska, because the East, whatever you call it, is a delicate matter. The story of the adventures of Darger and Doveska is a kind of bow from the five-time Hugo Award winner Fritz Leiber and his cult series “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” "For the first time in Russian!