Рюрик’ — история одного бегства; роман о том, что жизнь каждого, обычная и скучная, однажды может упереться в перекресток на проселочной дороге и придется выбирать, куда поворачивать.’ Это книга про заповедники, в которых скрываются древние боги, про мотоциклы, которые не в силах заменить свободу, и про социальные сети, которые помогают людям не замечать самих себя и свою собственную...

Молодой писатель Джеффри Темпест, прозябающий в нищете и безвестности, продает душу Сатане и получает от Князя Тьмы все, о чем только мечтал… точнее, почти все.Теперь светское общество, ранее им пренебрегавшее, лежит у его ног. К его услугам несметное состояние, любовь прекрасной девушки, роскошь и удовольствия.Но много ли это значит, если утрачено главное, ради чего Джеффри жил, — его...

The book ‘The Paths of Eurydice’ is an adventure novel with elements of mysticism by the modern Ukrainian writer Natalia Dovgopol. Costas Ypsilandis, a Greek historian and famous writer, has appropriated the authorship of the manuscript of the Kiev woman Vera-Nika Shcherbina, or simply Vera. Now the girl seeks to restore justice and prove to the world: this man is a fraud, and his book ‘Our...

The Familiar is a standalone historical fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo, published in 2024, set in 17th-century Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. It follows Luzia Cotado, a scullion with hidden magical abilities, who is forced to use her 'little miracles' to navigate the dangerous world of the royal court, political intrigue, and the looming threat of the Inquisition, all while hiding her...

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed. The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his...

Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May Day snow has blanketed the city, and that her son has vanished. Outside, she finds his beloved teddy bear lying facedown on an icy street, the snow covering up any trace of his tracks—or the perpetrator’s.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer-naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie. But just when she’s...

Love is as diverse as life and as strong as death. This anthology contains works about love. About madness and passion, tenderness and care, about erotic attraction, friendly affection, responsible partnership, carefree play, painful obsession, about sacrifice and about selfishness. 22 authors will tell you about love in Ukrainian in 24 texts: from Kvitka-Osnovyanenko to our 20s - from...

At first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These 'adult fairy tales' ask deep questions about gender, love, history, memory, and the future, taking place in times between history and the now. These stories,...

Dmitry Panin is Russian christian philosofer () inventor of the theory of the movement of things and who has been through the Stalin's camps. Panin reflects on the tragedy of Russia, and resistance to the Evil. The volumes contain the following: Lubianka-Ekibastus, Creators and Destructors, Theory of Multiple Emptiness, Quantum Mechanic, Postulates of Marxism and the Laws of Nature, Emptiness...