What are these stories about? – About how the Steadfast Tin Soldier grew and grew and grew. – About how Pechorin and Neo met. – About what it’s like to be a character in an ancient prophecy. – About what you feel when you are at one with the world. Or, at least, with a small part of it, when you have to stand up for yourself. About this - and much more. Each story has its own mystery, it is no coincidence that they are called that. And besides the riddles, there is a dawn over Venice and brittle spring ice, an underground river and the autumn colors of the Appalachian Mountains. And, of course, the sea.