"Ispokon vekov magiia sluzhila obitateliam Velikikh Domov osnovoi suschestvovaniia, i tem udivitel'nee stalo vozvraschenie v Tainyi Gorod drevnei eresi, ""Spiaschii ne byl magom!"". Slovno lesnoi pozhar, rasprostranilas' ona sredi Velikikh Domov. Snova prolilas' krov', splelis' izoschrennye zagovory, prozvuchali zapretnye zaklinaniia. I Moskve, ch'ei ten'iu Tainyi Gorod ostaetsia s nezapamiatnykh vremen, dostalos' spolna. Sposoben li Sant'iaga - besstrashnyi komissar Temnogo Dvora - protivostoiat' vozrodivshemusia zlu? Poimaiut li rybku v mutnoi vode peremen predpriimchivye naemniki Artem i Kortes? Sumeet li drevnii bog vernut' byloe vliianie? Kto znaet. Ved' poka Spiaschii ne prosnulsia, vozmozhno vse! A tut esche Krasnye Shapki...... ... "
Vadim Panov is a Russian fantasy and science-fiction writer. He is the author of the series 'Tainy gorod' [The Secret City], which has been translated into English, as well as the series 'Anklavy' [Enclaves], and 'Club Moscow'.