In a small town, which - of course - is part of a huge world, trouble happened. A girl ran in. This is not such a problem, you will say, but this is the first time this has happened in the town. Her hunters were looking for her, the venerable matron - the "tsarina" - was looking for her. Her father and mother were looking for her, but the witch couldn't find her either. They turned to the mountain sorcerer, and he turned out to be powerless. Pirates, mysterious assistants, dark enemies. On the seas, on the islands, on the poisonous labyrinths, on the cliffs and lowlands - Agrafena was everywhere, she saw everything. The romance of many worlds, marketplaces, skilled crafts and bloody wars, magic and swords - all this in one ruby glass from the best cellars of Agadir. But one day... "Agrafena's Way" is an adult novel for children and a children's fairy tale for adults. Or vice versa? Let the reader decide. Ivan Bykov continues to delight lovers of intellectual prose.