Andrey Cruz, Pavel Kornev
WITCHES, MAP, CARABIN
Klondike Friday 24 April Any winter ends sooner or later. It ends even here in the Borderlands. More late than early, though, but it could have been worse given the circumstances. Spring usually comes to the Fort at the end of April, when the temperature abruptly jumps to plus in the daytime and the snowdrifts suddenly begin to melt together, flooding the streets with muddy puddles and the same muddy streams flowing in them, and the rolled ice gets off the roads, revealing chipped asphalt with potholes and mud ... Dirt generally begins to dominate nature, but after a long winter, everyone is even happy with it. At least the variety. And then all the snow and snow all around. And cold.
The main sign of spring for me is the porch of the neighboring pub, where its visitors smoked. They smoked now not quickly, trying to grab a dose of nicotine and run away into the warmth as quickly as possible, but leisurely, with conversations, although shivering under the still cold wind. Passers-by dressed lighter and even walked somehow more cheerful, diligently avoiding puddles, nearby a team of men in orange vests broke the ice with crowbars. That is, in fact, spring, and soon the short local summer will also begin.
In the morning, I myself knocked icicles off the edge of our roof and was even so noble that I captured the territory of Khmel - my friend-friend, partner, and at the same time a neighbor. Even though we only have two floors, the icicles were already so big that if they hit you in the head, they wouldn't seem enough to anyone.
I turned around and looked into the trading floor, as if to make sure once again that everything was in order. And there, really, everything is in order - a glass cabinet in which shotguns and rifles stand in an even row, a counter with pistols and revolvers, shelves of cartridges in boxes. Under the glass are knives, holsters, rifle belts, a stand with all kinds of hunting camouflage, backpacks and covers hang on hooks. On the left there is also a counter and a glass stand - there are already magical amulets, we have here, as it were, a dual-use trade.
For solidity, everything is done in a kind of Victorian style, that is, dark wood, sometimes bronze, panels on the walls. And in the same place the heads of any predatory creature hang in order to emphasize the purpose of the store, which is called "Big Hunt". There is a snarl of a snowdrift, there is a gray, there is a wolf of a rare size. There is a stand with brochures again, brochures advertise hunting with the Sledopiot company, and at the same time they invite you to the “Severny Khutor” hunting base in advance. True, it has not been completed yet, but it's okay. And nowhere in the booklets does it say that this farm was once a vampire's nest, but it is not at all necessary to know about it.
Nikolay Sanych, and some magic rugs cannot be made so that all the dirt from the soles is pulled out?
This is Dimka Smirnov wielding a mop, wiping dirt from the polished floor after the visit of another visitor. Dimka is the nephew of Smirnov, who is the deputy head of the city Arsenal. Previously, he himself worked there as a gunsmith, and then, at the request of his uncle, of course, he came to me. A salesman, an assistant, and in general everyone in a row, because we are often on the road, especially since we entered the Patrol reserve, and every time it is no longer possible to close the store, it's bad for business, so I hired a person.
Dimka is short, smart, with a round face and snub-nosed nose, he likes to work here, besides, he is not only a salesman here, but also works on hardware - he can.
Dirt, Dmitry, this is the only thing that no magic takes, - the sorcerer Sanya, who was now reading "Evening Fort", sitting at the counter, responded in an instructive tone from his corner. “It’s magic itself.” Or will this rug tear it off along with the soles. So don't be shy, the mop is the best remedy, proven.
Nothing, nothing, we have no Kishka, where people are sticking without stopping, we have the most expensive armory in the city, visitors are moderate, so you can use a mop. Now just another man will drive up, he'll be stomping again. I looked at my watch - count, right now we have agreed. As a matter of fact, this is why I am standing in the doorway of the store with a cup of coffee in my hand - and
"Hops and Klondike 3". The tenth book of the Borderlands cycle, a continuation of the adventures of Vyacheslav Khmelev and Nikolai Gordeev, a brewer and a gunsmith.
The borderlands are harsh snow-covered lands torn from our world. Most of the year it is cold, only in May the long-awaited warmth comes. But the spring warming is deceptive, the snowdrifts that melted during the day are covered with a crust of ice as the sun sets, and smiles and promises are just as deceptive. People do not change. Those accustomed to killing in long winters will shoot in the back without the slightest hesitation at any time of the year; there would only be an excuse.
And there is a reason. The card that fell into the hands of Nikolai Gordeev and Vyacheslav Khmelev hides a secret behind which there is a real hunt. And what should they do: try to cope alone or attract a new player to their side? The answer is not at all obvious.
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"Witches, Map, Carbine" is a continuation of the books "Hops and Klondike" and "Cold, Beer, Shotgun", the cycle " Borderland ".
For complete immersion in the text in addition to " Hops and Klondike" and " Cold, beer, shotgun"It is useful for new readers to first familiarize themselves with the realities of this world, but this condition is not mandatory for understanding what is happening - most of the necessary explanations will be given in the text.
For those who decide to read other books of the cycle, I recommend "Ice" in author's edition 2014, or the first dilogy (novels "Ice" and "Slippery") entirely in paper edition.
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Andrey Cruz, Pavel Kornev
WITCHES, MAP, CARABIN
Klondike Friday 24 April
Any winter ends sooner or later. It ends even here in the Borderlands. More late than early, though, but it could have been worse given the circumstances. Spring usually comes to the Fort at the end of April, when the temperature abruptly jumps to plus in the daytime and the snowdrifts suddenly begin to melt together, flooding the streets with muddy puddles and the same muddy streams flowing in them, and the rolled ice gets off the roads, revealing chipped asphalt with potholes and mud ... Dirt generally begins to dominate nature, but after a long winter, everyone is even happy with it. At least the variety. And then all the snow and snow all around. And cold.
The main sign of spring for me is the porch of the neighboring pub, where its visitors smoked. They smoked now not quickly, trying to grab a dose of nicotine and run away into the warmth as quickly as possible, but leisurely, with conversations, although shivering under the still cold wind. Passers-by dressed lighter and even walked somehow more cheerful, diligently avoiding puddles, nearby a team of men in orange vests broke the ice with crowbars. That is, in fact, spring, and soon the short local summer will also begin.
In the morning, I myself knocked icicles off the edge of our roof and was even so noble that I captured the territory of Khmel - my friend-friend, partner, and at the same time a neighbor. Even though we only have two floors, the icicles were already so big that if they hit you in the head, they wouldn't seem enough to anyone.
I turned around and looked into the trading floor, as if to make sure once again that everything was in order. And there, really, everything is in order - a glass cabinet in which shotguns and rifles stand in an even row, a counter with pistols and revolvers, shelves of cartridges in boxes. Under the glass are knives, holsters, rifle belts, a stand with all kinds of hunting camouflage, backpacks and covers hang on hooks. On the left there is also a counter and a glass stand - there are already magical amulets, we have here, as it were, a dual-use trade.
For solidity, everything is done in a kind of Victorian style, that is, dark wood, sometimes bronze, panels on the walls. And in the same place the heads of any predatory creature hang in order to emphasize the purpose of the store, which is called "Big Hunt". There is a snarl of a snowdrift, there is a gray, there is a wolf of a rare size. There is a stand with brochures again, brochures advertise hunting with the Sledopiot company, and at the same time they invite you to the “Severny Khutor” hunting base in advance. True, it has not been completed yet, but it's okay. And nowhere in the booklets does it say that this farm was once a vampire's nest, but it is not at all necessary to know about it.
Nikolay Sanych, and some magic rugs cannot be made so that all the dirt from the soles is pulled out?
This is Dimka Smirnov wielding a mop, wiping dirt from the polished floor after the visit of another visitor. Dimka is the nephew of Smirnov, who is the deputy head of the city Arsenal. Previously, he himself worked there as a gunsmith, and then, at the request of his uncle, of course, he came to me. A salesman, an assistant, and in general everyone in a row, because we are often on the road, especially since we entered the Patrol reserve, and every time it is no longer possible to close the store, it's bad for business, so I hired a person.
Dimka is short, smart, with a round face and snub-nosed nose, he likes to work here, besides, he is not only a salesman here, but also works on hardware - he can.
Dirt, Dmitry, this is the only thing that no magic takes, - the sorcerer Sanya, who was now reading "Evening Fort", sitting at the counter, responded in an instructive tone from his corner. “It’s magic itself.” Or will this rug tear it off along with the soles. So don't be shy, the mop is the best remedy, proven.
Nothing, nothing, we have no Kishka, where people are sticking without stopping, we have the most expensive armory in the city, visitors are moderate, so you can use a mop. Now just another man will drive up, he'll be stomping again. I looked at my watch - count, right now we have agreed. As a matter of fact, this is why I am standing at the door of the store with a cup of coffee in my hand - I enjoy the spring and wait for the visitor.
And here they are - because of the next turn, he turned out a battered ZIL-131 with an awning, roared with an engine, slowly rolled up to the store's porch and stopped. The driver quickly lowered the window and waved his hand at me.
Healthy, Tol! I stepped closer and held out my hand. - How are you?
Yes, everything is as usual with us, hello!
While greeted, a second man got out of the passenger seat - a middle-aged, balding guy with a short beard, broad-shouldered and stocky.
Nikolai Alexandrovich! - he held out his hand to me.
Glad to see, Valery Palych, come in.
Valery Palych is a new acquaintance. And Tolya, the driver and owner of this "zilka", introduced us to him, whom we met in January quite by accident and whom I also met by chance in Fort about a month later, already in the company of my current interlocutor.
Toll, then let's go to the industrial zone, - he turned to the driver, - and as soon as you load, come back for me.
I understand, - he nodded.
"ZIL" got under way and slowly drove off, Valery entered the store, and Dimka closed the door behind him, not forgetting to slide the bolt. We still have an armory here, so it's better to ring the doorbell first and wait for it to be launched.
Coffee? Tea? Stronger? - almost traditionally, I asked.
Yes, no, I will not now. Then I'd better invite you there, behind the wall, ”he waved his hand towards the pub. - Tolya won't be back in less than two hours.
Well, yes, we also need to talk.
Here we have everything ready for you. - I went behind the counter and crawled under it, pulling out and laying out leather cases with weapons. - Four "remas" with long ones, like a bird, - I began to open one case after another, - four "Browning" of the tenth, long, short "rem", a short "Browning" and "boar", - I pulled out a shotgun that looked like a machine gun from the cover. - "Boar" yourself, or what?
Yeah, - Valery nodded. - For yourself.
I never had "Boar" on sale, because in America, from where we carry the goods, it became problematic to get them. But since we had some kind of relationship with Ilya Linev, the deputy governor, who oversees all sorts of "special operations", including commercial, these guns began to be planted from Russia for improvement and implementation.
How does it work with different cartridges?
Normally, there are no problems, I avoid too weak weights, - I replied, laying out a stack of six stores next to each other. - The handles and forend are always warm, it is impossible to block the weapon with a spell. I ran my finger along the runes engraved on the sides of the receiver. - I myself hold such for the main.
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"Witches, Map, Carbine" is the 15th book in the series "Borderlands" by Andrey Cruz and Pavel Kornev. This is a series by Pavel Kornev, which is dedicated to the cruel world hidden from human eyes. It is a lost shard of reality stuck between two worlds. If you're unlucky enough, you might get there one day. It is enough to turn in the wrong direction and you are lost. This happened once with Ice, who now has to survive in the twisted Borderlands, engaging in battles with werewolves and using magic.
The first book of the cycle, entitled "Ice", appeared in 2006, and it immediately attracted the interest of readers and critics, thanks to which it earned the Sword Without a Name award.
The 15th novel of the series entitled "Witches, Map, Carbine" was created in co-authorship with Andrey Kruz, no less famous science fiction writer than Pavel Kornev. Both names are well-known among fans of Russian science fiction. Andrey Cruz is called one of the best writers in the genre of combat fiction. His novels are distinguished by the detail in the description of the battles, which is not accidental, because he knows everything about weapons, being co-owners of a shooting club and an arms store.
The heroes of the new book by Andrey Kruz and Pavel Kornev are Nikolai Gordeev and Vyacheslav Khmelev, into whose hands the card fell. This is not an ordinary card - it is hunted because it hides a secret. At this time, the cold and winter do not stop in the Borderlands, as well as the murders. They shoot here without hesitation and at any time of the year.
The novel "Witches, Map, Carbine" ends the events of the subcycle, putting everything on the shelves and determining the winners. His style combines the previous works of the cycle - the description of the life of the main characters of the first book and the action of the second, which created an excellent fantasy cocktail. And the inclusion of a second writer in the work on the series has increased the power with which the world of the Borderlands draws in readers. The heroes of both writers reflect their hobbies: Khmelev - brewing, Gordeev - weapons. Readers will be interested to know how the heroes build and develop their business, which is not so far from reality.
Fans of the series note that the piece delivers what they expected. The actions of the heroes are logical, and the plot is balanced: there is enough of both fighting and ordinary life. The tandem of writers has created a good book that will take its rightful place on the fantasy shelf.
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