About the book: 2008 / We live a boring life, gentlemen, comrades, it’s boring. There are no dragons, no unicorns, and there’s nothing to say about elves and dwarves. Do you know why? We are evil. They left us. A place where a representative of the magical race will not be reproached for longevity and sharp ears, where no one needs to prove that your mother does not have any beard, where they are not called “dirty orc” and “minion of Darkness.” Only there they won’t pour toxic waste into your pond and cut down your native forest. There, griffins and dragons soar in the skies, and innocent maidens gallop on unicorns. The Middle Empire of the Magic Races is the name of this blessed land. And the modest, selfless, honest and incorruptible employees of the NCChK are there to guard law and order.…