About the book: 2011 / He lived up to his name MECHESLAV, becoming the best swordsman in the squad of the Kyiv prince and distinguished himself in battles against the Pechenegs on the border of the Wild Field. He walked along the legendary path “from the Varangians to the Greeks” - from Kyiv to Constantinople, where the Slavs, known under the nickname “Tavro-Scythians,” from time immemorial served in the guard of the Byzantine emperors. And now, in the midst of unrest, when rebels are tearing the state apart, and enemies are pressing in from all sides, the RUSSIAN LEGION must become the support of the throne. After all, the invincible “Scythians” are not afraid of either God, or the devil, or the all-burning “Greek fire”. They will defeat both the Arabs and the Bulgarians, turning the Pont Euxine into the Russian Sea. Even cataphract men-at-arms, clad in armor from head to toe, cannot resist them. Legionnaires will push the boundaries of the Empire, gaining immortal glory and untold riches. But only one in ten will return home to Rus'…