About the book: 2023 / The story, consisting of individual completed short stories connected by a common plot, tells about the last days of the northern Greek-Roman colony - the city of Tanais on the banks of the Azov Sea seas... Beginning of the 3rd century AD. The empire is fading. The Roman garrison is recalled from the city, and its inhabitants realize that they are now face to face with the great Steppe - the Sarmatians and other tribes. The end is near... And with the realization that the end is near, strange events begin, not to say miracles! The story was once published by the Sovremennik publishing house"