Alexey Pekhov

Wind and sparks (collection)

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Wind Seekers

He who seeks the wind will find the storm.

That night Luke was unlucky. I had to take over someone else’s shift, and without really getting enough sleep. Shivering from the morning cool, the guard tapped his feet and warmed his chilled fingers in his sleeves. Every time his thoughts returned to the grandiose drinking party that was to be held in the fifth barracks in honor of the Feast of the Name. The main part of the garrison intended to start early in the morning, and here he is doing nonsense!

“Burn your toad,” muttered the soldier and sniffed his reddened nose.

If the commandant is afraid of non-existent enemies, why didn’t he order the gates to be closed? In recent years, the huge forty-yard doors have stood wide open even at night, and not a single rat has dared to slip through them. Why strengthen the guards if it is much easier to lower the bars.

Damn stupid captain! Damn sergeant! Damn fate, burst your toad!

Muttering curses under his breath, Bow walked along the wall from the Tower of Ice to the Tower of Fire. On the way, he nodded to his friends drinking hot shaf, heard another joke addressed to him, weakly fought back and quickly walked away before he was reminded of his duty. Luk didn’t like giving money away too much.

The Gate of Six Towers, the greatest fortress in the world, created by the Sculptor himself, blocked the only pass through the western part of the Boxwood Mountains. The legendary citadel has withstood more than one assault over its thousand-year history, but has never been taken. Nabator's army broke its teeth on the gray stones and lost many soldiers. It will take something stronger than steel and courage to force a fortress to surrender.

As long as the Gate exists, the soft “underbelly” of the Empire is reliably protected.

Onion saw two women emerge from the Rain Tower onto the wall. Walking and Ogonyok. The magicians were talking about something, and the guard, not daring to interrupt their conversation, stopped. He turned to the loophole, looking at the surroundings.

He was born in a small steppe village and even now, six years after he saw the snow-capped peaks, he never tired of being amazed at the beauty of the mountain peaks. The gate, built between two ridges, blocked the entrance to the valley, from where the road into the interior of the country began.

In years past, many caravans went south. Weapons, silks, carpets, spices, horses and hundreds of other goods were transported through the Gates from distant lands. But the golden times are over, the road is empty. Only local shepherds and scouts, whom the commandant sent out every now and then to the neighboring gorges, dared to walk along the old highway and climb into the inhospitable mountains.

Although something strange has been happening with intelligence recently. Already the second detachment of northerners was delayed. But according to all the deadlines, he should have returned long ago. The commander was furious, taking his anger out on the captains, and they, respectively, on the sergeants and ordinary soldiers.

The guard, unlike the officers, was secretly glad that the dozen in which the red-haired Ga-nor served were still walking around the neighborhood. Onion owes the northerner money. But he's not very good with coins. Last time I blew too many dice. Almost all of my monthly salary was spent on paying off debts, damn you! Now there is only one sol left in the wallet - this is not the money that Ga-nor will agree to accept, but he will have to give it back, the northerners are straightforward people, if something goes wrong, it will be straight in the teeth.

The soldier leaned out into the loophole and spat with relish. I followed the spitting with hope, dreaming of hitting some unwary oaf, but, to Luka’s great disappointment, no one was visible under the wall. He swore for the hundredth time that morning and returned to contemplating his surroundings.

In front of the Gate lies a small town. The low houses were made of round stones and clay taken from the banks of a nearby mountain river. The settlement was home to families of shepherds, wool traders and silver seekers. People were not at all afraid that they lived on the border itself. The fortress is impregnable, the soldiers are experienced. No mountain tribes will come here. They have already been punched in the nose more than once and know that the Gate cannot be taken. It is faster to gnaw a passage under the mountains than to bring down the mighty walls of an impregnable citadel.

The air, despite early summer, smelled of light frost. The sun's rays painted pink the snowy peaks of the mountains shrouded in haze. The luminary slowly rose from behind the eastern ridges. Another minka, and the snow on the peaks shone so brightly that Onion closed his eyes and again remembered the toad.

When the guard opened his eyes, he saw that two skinny mules appeared on the empty morning road, pulling an old wagon. From such a height, it was no more than a palm, but Onion never complained of poor eyesight and clearly saw that a woman was sitting on the box.

Dressed almost in rags. It looks like a real scarecrow. The warrior frowned in confusion. Did any of the settlers decide to head to Yelnichy Ford? It is fifteen leagues away. Bringing wool to a fair held in honor of the Name Day is stupid. For successful trading, one had to leave the bunks six earlier. Now it’s just in vain to chase animals. If you are in time, it will be by the very closing of trade.

Strange van. Unfamiliar. And this woman... Like a beggar...

Onion, frowning, tried to remember who in the town had two such emaciated mules and a cart with a blue top to boot? A search of familiar names and nicknames yielded nothing. If the guard's memory did not fail him, he had never seen such junk on anyone. During his service, he had the opportunity to stand at the Doors more than once, and the soldier knew everyone who went to Yelnichy Ford on business.

It's one of two things. Firstly, you never know who drove into the town while he was off duty? Secondly, an unfamiliar van could have dragged itself from over the pass. And therefore, from Nabator itself.

The strange cart had about two hundred yards to go to the Gate when Bow called out to a friend who was chatting with two other guards:

- Hey, Rek!

- What do you want?! – he responded dissatisfied.

Rek grumbled dissatisfied, but still turned in the indicated direction. He looked at the road with indifference for a few moments, and then turned his gaze to Luke:

- Do you know this one?

- So I don’t. Is it from the pass?

Hearing about the pass, the rest of the soldiers leaned out into the loopholes.

“I should tell the captain...” Rek said hesitantly.

“So tell me yourself,” muttered Luk. But then he still recommended:

– Shout down to check what’s there and how.

Rek turned away from the loophole, putting his hands to his mouth, and barked in a loud voice to the guards standing in the outer fortress courtyard. At that very moment, the captain appeared from the barracks with twenty unfortunates doomed to take up service on the holiday.

Meanwhile, two guards came out of the wall and slowly walked towards the van. A dozen more, mostly curious, stood at the Doors. The woman pulled the reins and answered something to the soldier’s question. Onion would give a lot to hear exactly what it is. A moment later, he saw eight people jump out of the van. Six turned out to be dressed in armor and decently armed. The sight of two more froze the blood in his veins and gave him an unpleasant tingling sensation in his stomach. They wore white robes!

Necromancers of Sdis!

The guard wanted to shout, to attract the attention of the Walker, but his voice disappeared from fear. With wide eyes, he watched as warriors in the colors of the Nabator kingdom killed the startled soldiers and ran to the citadel.

A fight broke out below.

Something cracked, howled, hissed, and the captain and his men were scattered in bloody pieces across the fortress yard. The staff of one of the Sdis sorcerers emitted a gray glow.

It rumbled again, this time much louder than before, and the necromancer and the Nabatorian closest to him were left with a wet spot. The Walker called upon the Gift, and Ogonyok stood nearby, pressing her palms to the Mistress’s back.

- Gate! Close the Gate, burst your toad! - roared the come-to-mind Onion.

He saw several hundred horsemen galloping at full speed from the direction of the town towards the fortress. Next to the Nabatorians, not lagging behind the horses a single step, ran thin creatures that looked like black skeletons.

Rek found himself at a huge horn and, taking air into his lungs, blew. A low roar echoed across the towers, signaling the alarm and rousing the garrison to their feet. People who understood nothing were running from everywhere. Many were unarmed.

The gates finally trembled and began to slowly close.

Too slow.

The battle was raging under the wall. Six Nabatorian warriors, with the support of the surviving sorcerer, could hold out until the arrival of the main forces. The grate being lowered rumbled, then another. Immediately there was a roar, and a warning cry was heard throughout the fortress yard that “the sorcerer burned the bars.”

Wind and sparks (collection) Alexey Pekhov

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About the book “Wind and Sparks (collection)” Alexey Pekhov

One of the most famous Russian science fiction writers is Alexey Pekhov. Both men and women read him with pleasure, because this writer creates not only bright and interesting characters, but entire measures, thought out to the smallest detail. You can plunge into one of these worlds by reading the “Wind and Sparks” series. It includes five exciting novels and two short stories. The author worked on the creation of this collection for several years, which helped him write amazing books. Once you start reading the first of them, you will no longer be able to tear yourself away from this story.

The first book in the series is called “Wind Seekers.” It was published in 2005 and received the Silver Caduceus award during the Starbridge International Science Fiction Festival. The same award was given to the second part of the story, which Alexey Pekhov wrote in 2006, and which is called “Wind of Wormwood.” And the third and fourth novels of the saga, called “The Reapers of the Wind” and “Spark and the Wind,” were published in 2008. They completed the series of works by the author.

Moreover, it turned out to be so bright and interesting that the collection “Wind and Sparks” is now read even abroad - it has been translated into several languages ​​and is popular among foreigners.

At the center of the plot of all the author’s books is an incredible world called Khara, which is divided into two parts - the Southern and Western continents. People, elves and many other intelligent creatures live here. But the main characters of the stories included in the collection “Wind and Sparks” are precisely representatives of our race. All of them possess the Gift by birthright. Some choose the light gift, others choose the dark one. And some generally seek to combine knowledge. Do you want to find out which category the heroes of novels belong to? Then you need to start reading them. These are incredibly fascinating literary works, written in rich language.

An important advantage of the novels created by Alexey Pekhov is the fantasy world worked out to the smallest detail. The books contain interesting historical references that help readers better understand what is happening. And the main characters - Ness, his wife Laen, healer Shen, demonologist Gis and others - are described very realistically.

The collection “Wind and Sparks” is exactly the cycle that will make you dream of unprecedented magical worlds, allow you to escape from the bustle of everyday life, and enjoy every page of original literary works.

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21
Mar
2018

Wind and Sparks: Spark and Wind (4 book of 4) (Alexey Pekhov -)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 59kbps
Alexey Pekhov -
Year of release: 2018
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Ardis
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 15:22:49
Description:
When the harsh winter ends, the south wind from behind the mountains brings change on its tail. But is it good? The flames of war burn across the plains and cities of the north. Three armies of the Damned are rushing towards Corunnus. Along the ridges of frost-covered mountains, through the poisonous fog of the Forsaken swamps, through the bitter ashes of Bragun-Zan, along the deserted red hills, past scorched cities and villages, those called Wind Seekers must reach the last line. They have to decide what is more important in Hara’s world: “spark”, wind or, perhaps, love...

10
Feb
2016

Wind and sparks - 4. Spark and wind (Alexey Pekhov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 32kbps
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2015
Genre: Fantasy

Performer: Marina Petukhova
Duration: 14:08:27
Description: The fourth book from the Pekhov series “Wind and Sparks”. The voice acting is amateur and unprofessional. When the harsh winter ends, the south wind from behind the mountains brings change on its tail. But is it good? The flames of war burn across the plains and cities of the north. Three armies of the Damned are rushing towards Corunnus. Along the ridges of frost-covered mountains, through the poisonous fog of the Abandoned swamps, through the bitter ashes of Bragun-Zan, along the deserted red hills...

25
Aug
2016

Wind and Sparks: Wind Seekers (book 1 of 4) (Alexey Pekhov)

Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Ardis
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 12:34:44
Description: We bring to your attention the audiobook “Wind Seekers” - this is the first book in the “Wind and Sparks” tetralogy, written by Russian writer Alexei Pekhov in 2005 and, together with the next book “Wind of Wormwood”, received the “Silver Caduceus” award at the international festival “ Star Bridge." The world of Hara has lost its most valuable thing - knowledge. Everything that was commonplace and familiar a thousand years ago now seems like a fairy tale. For pitiful grains...

19
Oct
2017

Wind and Sparks 2. Wind of Wormwood (Alexey Pekhov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 54kbps
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of release: 2017
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Ardis
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 12:56:27
Description: The wind walks through the world of Hara, covering the past with the sand of lies. No one remembers what was once considered true - it has long been consigned to oblivion, and to find out about it, one must catch the wind by the tail. But what should you do if it turns into bitter wormwood? Will you need the truth you have been yearning for? Ness, Laen and Shen are running from the hurricane of war flying in their wake, but a thunderstorm awaits ahead, and there is no escape from it...

22
Mar
2018

Wind and sparks (Alexey Pekhov) ]

Format: audiobook, MP3, 40-50kbps mono
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of release: 2017-2018
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: ARDIS
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 57:54:08
Description: Contents of the cycle / alt + The Price of Freedom (2005) [prequel story] + Soul Eater (2005) [prequel story] The Wind Seekers (2005) The Wormwood Wind (2006) The Wind Reapers (2008) The Spark and the Wind (2008) Price freedom Late autumn came to the war-torn country. A fierce wind, icy and furious, brings endless rain from behind the harsh mountains, and neither living nor dead can hide from them. Ice water cannot...

28
Mar
2015

Cycle Wind and sparks. (Alexey Pekhov)

Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2012 -2013
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: DIY Audiobook
Performer: Svetik-zayka, Evgeniy Sokolov
Duration: 46:31:18
Description: The echo of war again rises over the world of Khara... The forgotten, but hated Damned by all again set in motion the forces of Sdiss and other opponents of the Empire. Who will stop the darkness from coming? Each of the heroes has their own goal and each strives for something. The Damned need power and change in the world of magic, The Walkers need to save the country from the Damned and prevent the spread of the dark...

20
Oct
2017

Wind and Sparks 1, Wind Seekers (Alexey Pekhov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 64kbps
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Ardis
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 12:34:24
Description: The world of Hara has lost its most valuable thing - knowledge. Everything that was commonplace and familiar a thousand years ago now seems like a fairy tale. For pitiful fragments of the great art of the past, magicians wage bloody wars. The most terrible and merciless war has been going on for five centuries between those who rule the world - the Walking and the Damned. Darkness and light, necromancy and healing are intertwined into a deadly tight ball, destroying everyone who dares to approach it...

06
May
2013

The price of freedom[Cycle "Wind and Sparks"] (Alexey Pekhov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2013
Genre: Fantasy, adventure.
Performer: Evgeny Sokolov
Duration: 02:21:50
Description: Late autumn has come to a war-torn country. A fierce wind, icy and furious, brings endless rain from behind the harsh mountains, and neither living nor dead can hide from them. Icy water is not able to cool the hatred burning in the hearts of those who dared to challenge fate and enter into battle. Ness is sentenced to death, but he is given a chance to help the elves find the killer of their relative, who was killed during secret negotiations...

07
May
2013

Soul Eater [Cycle "Wind and Sparks"] (Alexey Pekhov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Alexey Pekhov
Year of manufacture: 2013
Genre: Fantasy, adventure.
Performer: Evgeny Sokolov
Duration: 01:47:53
Description: The ancient Sdisk renegade necromancer, owner of the eight-vertebral staff of power, left those places a long time ago, taking with him powerful artifacts... after many years, the necromancer-pursuer finally finds what is left of him...

24
Feb
2018

Wind and Sparks 3. Reapers of the Wind (Alexey Pekhov), Mikhail Murzakov]

Format: audiobook, MP3, 56kbps
Author: Pekhov Alexey
Year of release: 2018
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: ARDIS
Performer: Mikhail Murzakov
Duration: 13:03:51
Description: Late autumn has come to a war-torn country. A fierce wind, icy and furious, brings endless rain from behind the harsh mountains, and neither the living nor the dead can hide from them. Icy water is not able to cool the hatred burning in the hearts of those who dared to challenge fate and enter into battle. Ness and Shen, Luk and Ga-nor, the Damned and the Walkers pursue their goals, trying to survive, snatch victory, take revenge and solve...

04
Jun
2012

Norman legend. Wind from the North (Book 1 of 4) (Simone Vilar)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 96kbps
Author: Simone Vilar
Year of manufacture: 2012
Genre: Historical novel
Publisher: Can't buy it anywhere
Performer: Nadezhda Vinokurova
Duration: 17:49:40
Description: You will find an indescribably exciting immersion in the atmosphere of the “Dark Ages”, an acquaintance with bright, colorful characters, a story full of adventures and intrigues about love and power, about deceit and self-denial. Beginning of the 10th century. The daring Viking Rollo, expelled from his native land, has a seemingly insane goal - he decides to seize the lands of northern France in order to found his own kingdom there. During one of...

04
Jan
2015

Dark tower. Book 4.5: The Wind Through the Keyhole (King Stephen)

Format: audiobook, AAC, 256kbps
Author: King Stephen
Year of manufacture: 2014
Genre fiction
Publisher: Vargtroms Studio
Performer: Roman Volkov, Irina Volkova, Ruslana Volkova, Oleg Buldakov, Nikita Petrov
Duration: 10:36:19
Description: Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are caught in a massive storm just after they cross the River Wye on their way to the Outer Baronies. And while they hide from the howling wind, Roland tells not one, but two stories, shedding new light on his past... The Dark Tower 1982 - “The Gunslinger” (eng. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger) 1987 - “Extraction.. .

07
Dec
2010

Wind of wanderings No. 2,3,4,5

Format: PDF, Scanned pages
Year of manufacture: 2010
Genre: Magazine about travel around Russia
Publisher: CJSC "MDP "Maart"
Russian language
Number of pages: 44 each
Description: The nature of Russia is unique and diverse: polar white silence and the withering heat of deserts, mountain peaks soaring into the sky and the deepest lakes in the world, high roaring waterfalls and quiet whirlpools of river bays. Our country has a rich past, it is reflected in ancient fairy tales and rituals of different peoples with their national characteristics, customs and traditions that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. "Wind of Wanderings" is...

09
Dec
2016

Arthur and the Minimoys: Arthur and Urdalak's Revenge (Book 3 of 4) (Luc Besson)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 964kbps
Author: Luc Besson
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: Children's fantasy
Publisher: Can't buy it anywhere
Performer: Timur Sultanov
Duration: 06:28:02
Description: Master of fantasy, illusion, dizzying plots, Luc Besson, director of “The Fifth Element”, “Nikita”, “Abyss Blue” and other wonderful films, creates a new fairy tale. This is his debut in children's literature, and this fairy tale has everything - secrets, riddles, chases, treasures, magic... Arthur receives a message asking for help, delivered to him by a spider-postman.
The boy is alarmed: he is sure that...

12
Mar
2010

And the wind returns (Vladimir Bukovsky)

Author: Vladimir Bukovsky
Format: 96kb/s mp3
Year of manufacture: 2009
Genre: Contemporary prose
Publisher: Can't buy it anywhere
Artist: Unknown
Duration: 17:21:12
Description: The autobiographical book of the famous dissident Vladimir Bukovsky “And the Wind Returns...”, translated into dozens of languages, is dedicated to the experience of resistance to Soviet totalitarianism. This adventurous novel with lyrical digressions tells about the twelve years the author spent in prisons and camps, about underground political associations and open protests, about poetry readings at the Mayako monument...

02
Jul
2015

Wind and Emptiness (Vyacheslav Rybakov)

Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Vyacheslav Rybakov
Year of manufacture: 2015
Genre fiction
Performer: Konstantin Kostetsky
Duration: 00:23:14
Description: A surreal story about lonely love; a man and a woman climb up and up an endless, icy staircase that goes into the sky
Add. information: Vyacheslav Rybakov’s leadership in intellectual fiction of the nineties is undeniable. “The Hearth on the Tower”, “Gravilet “Tsesarevich””, “Pull the String”, the story “It’s Hard to Become a God”, somewhat overlooked by critics, attract not only brilliant language and touching experiences...