Opring kingdom

The Russian kingdom of the middle of the 16th century. The initial successes of the reign of John the Terrible are replaced by failures. The country is cut off from the Western world, exhausted by the prolonged Livonian war and annual Tatar raids. The unity of Russian lands is at risk, while the boyar power is strong, and the state is governed by bribe takers. How to hold on what has been gathered with such difficulty for centuries? Oprichnina, created in the name of saving the power, will become a symbol of one of the most gloomy and bloody periods of Russian history. Where is the line between the accomplishment of "divine justice" and madness?
This book is a continuation of the novel "Blood Scepter", previously published in the same series