The library of the project “History of the Russian State” is the best monuments of world literature recommended by Boris Akunin, which reflect the biography of our country, from its very origins. The novel “Prophetic Oleg” opens a large-scale cycle by Boris Vasiliev, the author of famous books about the princes of Ancient Russia .Long ago, Prince Rurik seized his place in the sun, stepping over the mountains of corpses of friends and enemies, but now he is old, his hands can hardly hold a sword, his body is tormented by past wounds, and his mind is clouded by intoxicating potions. Rurik's young son, Prince Igor, is frail and weak. The prince's former pupil, King of the Rus, Oleg, is cunning, intelligent and very far-sighted. No wonder he was nicknamed the Prophetic. A tangle of intrigue, revenge, conspiracies, murders, battles do not frighten Oleg, he knows what game he has entered into - after all, the winner will get everything!