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Красное на красном

core novel 2004 Reflections of Eterna

Record

First published2004
Original language RU
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.05 (335 ratings, collected 2026-11-01)
First-edition ISBN9785699054367
Internal chronology1

Synopsis

Four centuries after the Rakan dynasty fell, the kingdom of Talig is ruled by the descendants of the man who overthrew it. Five years earlier, Duke Egmont Oakdell led a rebellion against the crown, and Marshal Roque Alva defeated and killed him. Now Egmont's young son Richard Oakdell comes to the capital to be trained as a nobleman at court, among people who sided with the victors. He is a boy raised on stories of honor and loyalty, arriving in a city of intrigue, duels and long memories. The book follows his first steps there and the wider kingdom around him, where old grudges and a changing age are already beginning to press on every household.

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Notes

  • First novel of the cycle Later editions are issued together with the prequel novella "Талигойская баллада"; English title: Red on Red.
  • From the series record (Отблески Этерны): Five numbered novels set in Kertiana, published by Eksmo as sixteen separate volumes or parts between 2004 and 2021, with a further volume announced.

Neighbouring works

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