About the book: 2013 / Empires do not end at one moment, immediately becoming history - after all, they exist not only in space, but also in time . And sometimes in several times and spaces at the same time... Who knows whether the fate of a power is predetermined or can it be rewritten? And isn’t it through the efforts of Kremlin craftsmen that the residence of the emperors itself protects its august inhabitants - in addition to the Life Guards and the secret police? And how will the fate of the entire Earth change if, in the midst of a world war that could destroy three European empires, the Russian sovereign and the German Kaiser agree to resolve the matter by fair knightly combat? All this and much more is on the pages of the anthology “Imperium”, which includes works of popular science fiction writers, famous scientists and publicists. Every reader will find a story to their liking in this collection... A variety of options for unpredictable but possible developments of events are presented, with strict adherence to the historical surroundings. “The book allows you to vividly imagine the key moments of History, when other fateful rules come into play, and not those everyday ones.” to which we are accustomed.” (Russian newspaper) “Times, weapons, technology change, but people and their true ideals remain the same.” (Mail.ru Poster) Contents Dmitry Volodikhin “Another Legend” Mike Gelprin “Tavern Lyre” Viktor Tochinov “Life of Lawrence” B. or Poison and the Crown" Dmitry Kostyukevich "Amusing Troops" Andrey Marchenko "Between Times" Alexander Prosvirnov "Empires Fatal Minutes" Alexander Tyurin "Servant" Yuliana Lebedinskaya "Diva of Lake Wonderful" Oleg Bystrov "Duel" Marina Yasinskaya "Squadron of Flying Princesses" Vladimir Vasiliev "Iskander's turban" Oleg Divov "The Germans" Tatyana Tomakh "Where things can be different" Natalya Aniskova "Delay" Dalia Truskinovskaya, Dmitry Fedotov "The Owl spreads its wings" Roman Zlotnikov "All's well that ends well" Nikolai Zhelunov "Russian, German, dead man" Evgeny Mednikov "Russian Utopia" Alexey Zhevlakov "Her Majesty's Cosmoflot" Evgeny Garkushev "Evil Whirlwinds" Sergey Chebanenko "The Tale of the Sleeping Princess" Alex Gromov, Olga Shatokhina "Terra Imperium""