“Mogu-Bolgusun” (“Evil City”) - this is what Batu Khan called KOZELSK, who was stuck under its walls for two months and settled a third of his army here. Even though the Kozelsky prince Vasily was only 15 years old, and in his squad there were less than two hundred “brave men”, even if the entire population of the city, including women, old people and children, did not exceed 4 thousand people against the 10 thousand people of the Mongol tumen - the residents unanimously decided it was better to die , “in order to leave behind a good memory, and after the grave to accept the crown of immortality,” rather than surrender to the enemy. For seven weeks they held out under a shower of arrows and continuous attacks from Batu’s hordes, for seven weeks they alone repelled assault after assault, never receiving help from other princes, who continued their feuds even in the midst of the enemy invasion. When the gates of Kozelsk nevertheless fell under the blows of battering machines, its last defenders chose not to flee, but to attack the enemy themselves in a last desperate foray and “drown in blood” together with their young prince, gaining immortal glory... Read the new novel from the best-selling author “The Massacre of Prince Igor” and “Batu’s Invasion” is an exciting historical action movie about the “Evil City” and its immortal garrison, whose courage and tenacity are legendary!