The book is a literary complement to the first volume of "History of the Russian State. From the beginnings to the Mongol Conquest" by the famous writer and researcher Boris Akunin. It consists of three novellas – "The Fiery Finger", "The Devil's Spittle" and "Prince Cranberry". "The Fiery Finger". The middle of the IX century. To Kyiv, where prince Kyi is ruling, comes a Greek called Damianos Lek...