About the book: 2017 / What are these stories about? – About how the Steadfast Tin Soldier grew, grew and grew. – About how Pechorin and Neo met. - About what it feels like to be a character in an ancient prophecy. - About what you feel when you are at one with the world. Or, at least, with a small part of it, when you have to stand up for defense. About this - and much more. Each story has its own mystery, it is no coincidence that they are called that. And besides the riddles, there is a dawn over Venice and brittle spring ice, an underground river and the autumn colors of the Appalachian Mountains. And, of course, the sea.