About the book: 2011 / The chronicler closed his eyes for a moment, as if imagining what he was writing, the pen passed over the paper again: "Fairy tales about beautiful princes and princesses saved by these very princes. After all, how does it always turn out? Once upon a time there lived a princess, and she had four brothers. But a fierce enemy attacked, killed everyone and took the beautiful princess captive. But a savior appeared, oh yes, for sure. a handsome prince, destroyed all his enemies, freed his captive, fell in love and got married, and they lived happily ever after. Alas, this only happens in fairy tales...” The old man re-read what he had written, smiled again, crumpled up the parchment and grumbled: “But it’s not a fairy tale at all.” . And it’s definitely not about “happily ever after.” Our tale about the present, our tale about the king. New lines were laid on a new sheet.