About the book: 2012 / New historical action movie from the authors of the bestseller “Blood on Swords”! Russian gods against the baptists. Original faith against foreignness. Pagan rage against Christian humility. After the death of Prince Rurik, mortally wounded by a poisoned blade, the fate of the Russian land hangs by a thread - the bright gods do not forgive apostates and traitors, God's judgment is carried out by fire and sword, and weakness passed off as mercy leads only to even more blood... Who will become Rurik's successor – his eldest son, ready for any meanness for the sake of power, or his faithful comrade-in-arms, Prophetic Oleg? Is the new prince able to eradicate treason and take revenge on the murderers? Is he worthy to continue the great work of his late friend? Will not the union of Slovenians, Rus, Varangians, Chuds and Krivichis that he created disintegrate after the death of Rurik? Does Slavia have a future? Let the formidable gods judge, whose law is: DEATH FOR DEATH!