About the book: 1997 / The works of Andrei Serba introduce the reader to the glorious, heroic, and often mysterious pages of Russia’s past. A famous writer working in the historical adventure genre, he gives an original interpretation of the events of Russian history. ...All of them, sons of the Russian land, went to the hitherto unknown Kulikovo field, so that tomorrow morning, as soon as the sun rose, they would block it from end to end with rows of their scarlet shields and obscure Rus'. One hundred and fifty thousand Eastern Slavs will stand against the countless and terrible enemy gathered on the banks of the Don from different parts of Europe and Asia: from the Volga and Crimea, from the Caucasus and Transcaspian region, from the Italian plains bathed in the generous sun..