Reviews and impressions of books

The childhood of human civilization is ending. The united state of people - the Confederation - is at the peak of its prosperity. Of the nearly thirty-nine billion people, thirty still live in the Solar System, seven live in the fifty star systems of the Province Sphere within thirty light years of it. Just over a billion live on hundreds of planets in the Sphere of the Periphery, located at distances from thirty to ninety-five light years. Only tens of millions inhabit the Wilderness and Wild Lands. Nothing foretells the coming changes...

The long-term war between the magicians and the defenders of Raynan ended in the defeat of the former. The vanquished pledged to comply with the established procedures, for which they officially received the rights of equals. Life slowly returned to its usual peaceful course, and, it would seem, nothing foreshadowed new unrest. But the power-hungry, proud magicians could not so easily forget the bitterness of humiliation that befell them after the war. Having gathered new strength, having raised the younger generation, they decided to regain their lost greatness...

The book is the third part of the "Grey Raven" series, told this time from the perspective of the hero's school friend. Girl magician. Purposeful, calculating, cold, unprincipled. At first glance, it seems that a character with such a character cannot evoke sympathy. However, behind this shell hides an easily vulnerable, kind girl, a wonderful, reliable friend, capable of self-sacrifice for the sake of her friends.

The fantasy genre, the book contains elvesб gnomes, magic, undead and other traditional attributes of this fairy-tale genre. Actually, initially this was a small fairy tale told to my own son. He really liked the plot, he needed a sequel, then another, and that’s how this book appeared

The book is a continuation of the first part, but told from the perspective of a different character. The book will help readers look at the events they already know from the first part and new events from a different point of view. In contrast to the hero-thief, he is now an exceptionally honest and somewhat straightforward hero who is trying to preserve his childish naive love for his classmate in the face of the abundance of temptations of someone else's real world.

There is always a place for betrayal in the human kingdom. Especially if the royal throne is at stake. Here, a power-lover will not only commit treason, but even make a deal with dark forces. Only the former may not like the result very much. It will be too late.

Continuation of the confrontation with the no longer so mysterious necros and an attempt to unite the human kingdoms in the face of the impending invasion.

The attack of countless hordes of enemies on the human kingdoms is in full swing. The elves are not going to interfere; the necromancers have their own internal problems. Having fought off the first attacks and protected himself from the rear, the main character begins to gather the remnants of the human troops into one fist.

The end of the confrontation between orcs, humans and countless hordes of nomads. And if the nomads cannot resist the power of the orc troops and the magic of wizards, then the necromancers on another continent have more serious weapons.

Without having time to deal with internal enemies, humanity finds itself drawn into a galactic war. Now we have to build up forces and build a battle fleet, which they wanted to abandon as unnecessary. But only those whose psyche is flexible enough and have not yet developed a persistent intolerance of violence can fight. Here, 16-year-old fighters and 20-year-old “veterans” go into battle. And of course, there is always a place for the “ancients”, who can give even alien opponents a head start with their fighting qualities