Continuation of the book “Shelomyan”. Bitter times have come for the pagan gods. The faith of Christ came into the world, dooming them to exile, oblivion, disappearance. Seized with fear, they vigilantly watched over those on whom their fate now depended. But people no longer cared about them - people exterminated each other in an endless battle. And on a hot day in 1185, the sun suddenly turned black over the Wild Field. Perhaps the gods wanted to warn the Russian knights about the impending disaster. Perhaps they took the side of the Polovtsians and decided to scare their enemies. “If you return without fighting, then the shame will be worse than death,” Prince Igor said, brushing aside all doubts to his squad...