Clifford Donald Cymack is one of the "godchildren" of the famous John Campbell, editor of Astounding Science Fiction, where many stars of the "golden age of science fiction" were lit. At the beginning of his literary career, Saimak wrote "solid" science fiction and adventure works, as well as westerns, but then pushed the boundaries of the NF genre and created his own style, which critics called soft, humanistic and even pastoral, comparing Saimak's prose with Ray Bradbury's prose. Over fifty-five years, Saimak wrote about thirty novels and more than a hundred and twenty short stories and short stories. He was awarded the prizes "Hugo," "Nebula," "Locus" and others. He was awarded the title "Grandmaster of the Nebula Prize." The novels collected in this volume about life and its miracles, about ancient riddles and fairy-tale worlds, about mysterious peoples and magical manuscripts, about the incredible adventures of extraordinary heroes - a tribute to the Master fantasy genre.