About the book: 2002 / One of the short stories complementing D. Gavrilov’s novel “The Gift of Sedovlas” is written in the genre of heroic-mystical fantasy. The main character, Novgorodian Rugivlad, studied magic for twenty years with the wise men of distant Arkona on the island of Rügen. The unexpected news of the death of his relatives forces him to return to the land of his fathers..