Book Juraj Cervenak The Bogatyr. Book 1 The Iron Scepter

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In the year 965, a young prince named Sviatoslav is seizing control over Kiev and Novgorod. However, he desires to rule the land not from the princely throne but from the saddle of a warhorse. Sviatoslav carries the hot blood of his Varangian ancestors and aims to unite both close and distant tribes under an iron hand, transforming his principality into the largest state in this part of the world. In his first campaign of conquest, the prince heads east, toward the Bulgar state on the Itil River. Meanwhile, in the village of Karacharov, in the land of the Muromets tribe, lives a young man named Ilya, rejected by his own kin, weak, crippled, and partially disabled. When ruthless marauders one day set fire to the village, only Ilya survives and is left to care for the dead. It is at this moment that three mysterious beggars visit the village. They take pity on the young cripple and lift the curse that had caused his illness. Reborn, Ilya sets out on a journey on his faithful steed Burushko, seeking revenge. Soon, his fate crosses paths with that of Sviatoslav. Both of them fix their gaze on the ominous Dragon Tower in the Bulgar city of Suvar...