![]() ![]() ![]() Unnerved by the fact that so few can accomplish so much, Aleksei remembers those childhood stories of the voordalak. It seems an idle boast, but the Russians soon discover that the Oprichniki are indeed quite capable of fulfilling their promise. In desperation, Aleksei and his comrades enlist the help of the Oprichniki-a group of twelve mercenaries from the furthest reaches of Christian Europe, who claim that they can turn the tide of the war. City after city has fallen to the advancing French, and it now seems that only a miracle will keep them from Moscow itself. ![]() Besides, in the autumn of 1812, he faces a more tangible enemy: the Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte. But for Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov-a child of more enlightened times-it is a legend that has long been forgotten. The voordalak-a creature of legend, the tales of which have terrified Russian children for generations. ![]()
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