Waiting at Crossroads
RU. Novella, 1992-1993.
Adventure fantasy, mystics, mythology.
An alternate world. Early Middle Ages. A special kind of wizards and priests, the so-called "Precursors" exists in this world. They feed on the human beliefs in various Gods, myths, legends and supernatural things in general. But all of these Precursors compete with each other for the human faith. And the moment comes when the five strongest among them decide to unite their strength and to build a specific "HOUSE-AT-CROSSROAD" intended for accumulating the energy of human faith. But soon the House-at-Crossroad acquires a kind of conscience of its own and begins to accumulate human faith actively giving nothing in exchange.
Thus the balance of faith in the world was broken, and the spiritual degeneration began. Supernatural things vanish one by one, taking with them myths and legends, fairy-tales and songs; the life becomes grey and dull. And so the assistants of the Precursors, the "Myth Creators", broke their usual obedience and rebelled against the Precursors and the House-at-Crossroad.
The heroes of the story go through many mystical and real adventures, they lose their friends, but finally the House-at-Crossroad is destroyed... Besides very dynamic action, the novel contains the philosophical basis explaining the existence of supernatural things.
Published 14 times from 1995 to 2018 (Ukraine, Poland, Russia).