About the book: 2024 / Novgorod land, 17th century, wild, undeveloped land, a place where the most terrible legends and tales become reality, and the End of the World is expected as deliverance. Here demons are buying up souls, werewolves are breaking down gates, sorcerers are creating creatures from pieces of human bodies, there are rumors of an imminent war, and life is not worth a penny. The forests are teeming with evil spirits, the dead are rising in abandoned cemeteries, ancient burial grounds are hiding countless treasures, the roads are stained with blood, and an ugly moon is grinning from the sky, bringing death and pestilence. And such a crazy world needs a suitable hero. Meet Rukh Buchila, a murderer, a scoundrel, a rogue and a bit of a saint. Conqueror of the weak, protector of monsters, hunter of pretty widows with the motto “Anyone but me.” The last hope in the face of falling darkness. Ghoul cursed by God and people.