Любава Филясова

Blood, guts, broken bones, naked boobs, large-scale battles, the clatter of armor and the rattle of weapons, noble and not so ladies, conspiracies and betrayal - the dirty Middle Ages. Everything we love! In the center of the story are four young men who, while still children, were given to serve the Order. ⠀ In the Order, they were brought up, trained and at the time of graduation had to pass the test by duel. ⠀ The survivors will become templars - the mainstay of the state, the dead - food for worms. The author has a great storytelling style and speech. ⠀ Battles, the surrounding world, architecture,...

Vivien Walker lost her child and is now going through a painful divorce from her husband. ⠀ She returns to her hometown after ten years of absence, believing that even the walls are treated in her home. The move brings only disappointment: the house is empty, her grandmother is dead, her mother suffers from Alzheimer's. ⠀ Everything around has changed, and even her favorite tree - the old cypress, in the shade of which Vivienne loved to spend time as a child, was ruined by a merciless hurricane. Under the roots of the mighty tree, like a baby in a cradle, lay a skeleton. The bones are about 100 years old...

Satan opens a doctor's office and promises his clients every kind of shake-up and excitement. It would seem: what is good? However, curiosity does its job, and the stupid fish one after another bites on the poisoned bait ... Or another twist. On the glorious island of Corsica, strange things are happening, from which the resinous hair of men turns gray, and the body is filled with senile lead. After a two-week vacation in Corsica, a carefree, cheerful girl returns as a wrinkled hunched hag ... However, the nightmares do not end there, but only smoothly flow to other, more famous personalities....

The body of a six-year-old girl was found in a forest near Oslo. ⠀ She is dressed in a doll dress, a schoolbag behind her, and a ribbon with the inscription "I travel alone" around her neck. Mia Kruger, with a unique flair for an investigator, left the police several years ago and settled on a deserted island in the Norwegian fjords, where she indulges in painful memories and thoughts of suicide. But when former boss Holger Munch shows her photographs from the crime scene, Mia realizes that the girl in the forest is only the first victim, so it is her duty to return and solve this case. But Mia Kruger does not yet know how deeply she really is involved in this story ...

I will not go into the plot, otherwise spoilers cannot be avoided. I'd better tell you my impressions of the book and the cycle as a whole. ⠀ I'll make a reservation right away that the first book caused complete delight, the second disappointed me a little, but in general I liked the cycle. ⠀ For those who are not familiar with the mythology of trolls and fairies, I strongly advise against starting with this cycle, since the author does not make any excursions into history. You yourself should know what's what. "It will not be enough! Not enough!" ⠀ It seems that the second book was cut in volume, or the author was in a great hurry...