At the end of the second volume of the Lyonesse trilogy, The Green Pearl, King Aillas of Troicineta defends the civilian population of the Elder Isles from the ska bandits who once enslaved him, and from the evil-doing king Casmir. Mobilizing unbridled barons in the border regions, Aillas is distracted from royal duties to capture the charming daughter of the Duke of Ska, who stung him with neglect while he languished in slavery. Finding himself alone with her, far from his armies, instead of earning the beauty's respect, he is forced to cross, in the company of a rebellious captive, the wild territory through which Casmir's mercenaries prowl. Meanwhile, fateful events occur in the world of sorcerers. The focus of the witch Desmey's hatred of the male sex was a green pearl, causing murderous greed in each of its owners; A wizard hired by Casmir kidnaps Aillas's ward Glyneth to provoke Aillas and his friends into a hopeless rescue quest on a bizarre and deadly planet in another dimension. The third volume of the Lyonesse trilogy, which won the award for the world's best work of fantasy, draws our attention to Maduk, abandoned by the fairies and taken by Casmir for his granddaughter, the daughter of Princess Suldrun. Unlike Princess Suldrun, who only passively resisted the intolerable rules of the castle of Haidion, Maduk smartly defends herself - in particular, she throws rotten fruit. Enraged by her mischief, King Casmir announces a competition, promising to marry her to the winner, but Maduk has other plans - she recruits a stable boy nicknamed “Sir Pom-Pom” as an escort and fearlessly sets out in search of her real father. On their travels, they encounter swindlers, fairies, trolls, ogres and an old man searching for his lost youth, as well as a nondescript and slightly chipped kitchen item called the “Grail Cup”. As the wizards Shimrod and Murgen study the omens of a cataclysm poised to revolutionize the magical world, King Casmir plans an assassination that will allow him to rule with an iron fist over the united states of all the Elder Isles; However, the satisfaction of his grandiose ambitions is complicated by one subtle but significant oversight - he forgot to take into account the existence of Maduk! The end of the second and third novels of the “Lionesse” series. Contents: 1. The Green Pearl (end, from chapter 9) (Translation: Alexander Fet)2. Maduk (Translation: Alexander Fet)