About the book: 2015 / 1584... A band of Cossacks, fighting off Ermakov's troops to search for a golden idol in the distant northern lands, encountered there the ancient people of the Syrians -tya, who in time immemorial fled to Yamal from the south and, with the power of his witchcraft, created a second sun, which greatly changed the climate of those harsh lands. Heat, moisture and witchcraft brought to life a whole host of monsters, subject to the will of sorcerers - dinosaurs, anacondas, pterodactyls. The only force capable of resisting witchcraft and dragons is firearms, but they require gunpowder, and there is nowhere to get it in Yamal. Ataman Ivan Egorov makes a difficult decision…