Damned gift. Vote. Sight. Le Guin W.

The highlanders of the upper lands, in the appearance of ordinary peasants, have magical abilities, both beneficial and dangerous. But at the same time, they can’t get out of need and live in constant fear: what if one of the families turns his fatal gift against the other?..

The peaceful city Ansul was proud of his libraries, schools and temples, while He was not captured by Aldes, fanatical Demonobravian barbarians. Considering the culture of a demonic obsession, they even banned the reading and letter under the death of the death penalty. But a person who was kept in prison and was tortured for a year was to preserve several precious books...

Young Gavir foresaw the future, but cannot prevent a catastrophe that threatens the world in which he grew up a slave. Having gained freedom, which he never wanted, he goes into the unknown...

the novel “Voise”, which included in the collection, was awarded the Awards of the American Pen-Center in 2005, and the novel “Surption”-the Nebulus Prize in 2008.