The Tale of the Snake's Heart, or The Second Word about Yakub Shele

It is said that Yakub Shelya, a simple laborer, cut his heart out of his chest and gave it to the girl he liked. But nothing good came of it, because the girl was not ordinary, and not from the human tribe. So Shelya decided to change his fate, to become a master, not a servant, and for this he had to make a deal with the snake people, descend into the underground kingdom to find the Snake King. Only there, where real demons, witches, and heroes of ancient legends live, where pain can be torn from the body, where wonders lurk at every step, where history meets myth, fairy tale meets reality, and human hardship meets magic, any wish can turn sour and lead to sorrow, or even to real disaster, terrible, bloody, and inevitable.