Tuma

"— ... they put to go around, grandfather! — shouted from the boat. — Glory to Lord Jesus! — ... to Azov — with a direct attack... — old Larian said to himself. Leaning under his arm on a staff, he began to knock out a pipe, tapping his hand as if on wood: — ... and how I would go to the Cossacks with my stone city: right by the sea. If you wish, go to Kaffa. If you desire — to Tsargrad".

The expanses of the Wild Field — a place where yesterday's hunter of men turns into a prisoner. Here, the opposing tribes and clashing beliefs meet face to face. Here, the blood of nations, deadly opposing each other, merges into one in a single person... Thus, Tuma appears in the world — a Russian mestizo, whose name will one day resound throughout the lands and become a song and a myth.

Here — life, encompassing countless military campaigns and great loves. Here, human will is manifested, overcoming hell. The time of action — the 17th century. The place of action — Cossack Don, Russia and its bleeding outskirts, Crimea and the Solovetsky Monastery... Among the characters — the Razin brothers Stepan, Ivan, and Frol, and their father Timofey, royal boyars and Ottoman beys, the future patriarch Nikon, atamans of the Don Army, esauls and Cossacks: the brightest people of their epoch. Before you is a book where the past becomes reality: it is more than a legend, — it is the truth. The reader will easily recognize each character as a close one and understand that life as their own: our ancestors, who experienced the same passions that we experience today, are described here... In this epic, written in eight languages, of astonishing scale, one can get lost as in the most beloved books of youth."

— They told you had a gift: a black horse. — As long as I am in prison, you can gift me all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of heaven, — answered Razin. — And the giver will not spend a single penny. The Greek raised his right hand, opening his palm: — Pasha will not deceive you. You will be able to take your gift. — I can take my gift. Then the ruler can take his gift, — answered Stepan. — The Lord can take everything, — said the Greek. — True words, efendi, — Stepan bowed his head. — Only the Lord can take away from a Cossack".