Sergey and Marina Dyachenko Books in Order

Arrogant guardsman Egert kills an innocent student in a duel, then suffers a mysterious opponent’s curse. Marked by a facial scar and overwhelming cowardice, he sets out to undo the damage and find a path toward courage and redemption.

DJ Aspirin shelters ten-year-old Alyona after rescuing her from danger, but she refuses to leave. Her claim that a violin performance can reunite her with her brother, and her strangely protective teddy bear, unsettle his carefully shallow existence.

Teenager Sasha Samokhina follows a mysterious man’s disturbing instructions and is sent to the Institute of Special Technologies. The school’s punishing studies draw her into a transformation that challenges her understanding of reality and the life she has left behind.

After becoming a powerful part of the Great Speech, Sasha returns to the Institute under her mentor’s manipulative control. Her ability to reshape reality threatens the existing world, while a new love gives her enemies another way to pressure her.