Victor Pylaev

You always pay for favors sooner or later. Powerful patrons never fail to claim their price, and yesterday's high-school student now wears the purple-trimmed uniform of the St. George Regiment. His new service will not be easy: more and more monsters crawl from the Breaches, while a cunning...

It is the year 1967 in the magnificent and dreamy St. Petersburg. The world is ruled by the magic of aristocrats, the sounds of rock and roll are blasting even in the palace of Her Imperial Majesty, and Russian Volgas are successfully going up against American Pontiacs on the wide avenues at...

Was he a hero, a warrior, a savior, a defender of the helpless? A knight without fear or reproach? No, nothing like that. Even among the gifted, he was known as a sorcerer, a warlock, a shapeshifter—one with a reputation firmly rooted in the darker side. But even such a man wouldn't turn his...

Every victory, even the smallest, comes at a price. The enemy may be gone, but far more dangerous foes are already stirring in the shadows, preparing to strike. At the same time, the tide of evil monsters pouring through the Breaches does not just continue—it surges, growing stronger by the...

The empire lives to fight another day! The traitors hiding under the roof of their family home were found and punished. But where do the threads woven into a sophisticated tangle of conspiracy lead? The young Prince Gorchakov will have to confront rogue guardsmen, outraged rebels, the people...

With considerable effort, the young prince Alexander Gorchakov managed to prevent a large-scale war between St. Petersburg's old royal families. However, he got into a lot of trouble in the process and his actions did not go unnoticed by Her Imperial Majesty. Now, as his punishment, Alexander is...