About the book: 2002 / From the distant wild mountains a horde of obscenely bloodthirsty barbarians is rolling towards more civilized lands. Kingdom after kingdom falls to a powerful new enemy, and the next target appears to be the hapless Merowens. How to stop the dark force of invaders? Yes, the easiest thing is to NOT ALLOW them to Merovens! The brave Mat Mantrell, a magician and husband of the beautiful Queen Alisande, intends to give battle to his enemies on the territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Moreover, his allies are - how can I put this... in short, a genie princess, a giant intelligent (sometimes even TOO intelligent) bird and a little werewolf sorceress. The most incredible “detachment of crusaders” begins - and... What - “and”? Read and find out for yourself!