About the book: year / ...A small crystal ball rested in a box upholstered in golden silk. It seemed that all the colors and shades were intertwined inside a tiny, dazzlingly bright sphere. A pale face with widened eyes bent over the artifact. The young man closed the box, reverently took it in his hands and disappeared behind the velvet curtain... The four in white robes once again looked through the illusory-moving imprint of what had happened in this hall at dawn. And the one they saw in the magical projection lay motionless on the floor.