He was born with the blessing of the God of Wars and named after his father's sword. He killed his first enemy at the age of nine, and at fourteen he underwent Perun’s initiation and put on the military hryvnia. He has absorbed with his mother’s milk hatred of the damned Khazar yoke and is ready to give his life for the liberation of his native land from the “Khans.” If necessary, he will single-handedly take on a battle against hundreds of steppe inhabitants, throwing death in the face: “I am my own squad!” But, glory to Perun, he is no longer alone - all of Rus' is rising against the Khazar Kaganate, and Mecheslav, nicknamed Druzhina, takes the oath to Prince Svyatoslav, standing under a scarlet banner with the sign of the striking Falcon and the solar Yarga-Kolovrat, the sacred symbol of the God of Truth and Honor... The long-awaited new a novel by a leading historian of Pagan Rus'! Russian squads against the “kogan” hordes. Slavic magicians against Khazar rabbis and Greek priests. Straight, like Pravda, Russian swords against crooked sabers. Pagan Yarga against the predatory Khazar star. Light gods against the bloody “Miracle Yuda”. Glory to Perun!