Tenth Throne., The

A Tsar's Obsession. A Forbidden Love. A Secret That Could Save—or Damn—a Nation.** 1555, Moscow. Ivan the Terrible, tormented by his bloody conquest of Kazan, vows to build a cathedral so magnificent it will redeem his soul. The Church of the Intercession on the Moat—later known as St. Basil's—will be a hymn in stone, a beacon of Russian faith. But beneath the dazzling, onion-shaped domes lies a deeper purpose. In the cathedral’s secret heart, Ivan hides his most precious treasure: the legendary lost library of the Byzantine Emperors, a collection of ancient manuscripts rumored to hold the very laws of the universe. As the cathedral rises, the lives of those around it become intertwined: * **Boyar Matvey,** the proud overseer, who would rather see his three daughters dead than let them marry beneath their station. * **His three daughters:** the fiery **Uliana,** the gentle **Fevronia,** and the noble **Anna,** each daring to love a common man—a quick-witted pie-seller, a gentle horseman, and the brilliant royal blacksmith, **Ilya.** * **Ivan the Terrible** himself, a man torn between brutal tyranny and a desperate thirst for divine wisdom, who begins to see in the three sisters a living embodiment of the cosmic forces described in his ancient texts. As intrigue swirls through the court and the mad prophet **Saint Basil** whispers terrifying visions, the lovers are drawn into a dangerous web of superstition and power. Their only hope lies in uncovering the cathedral’s final mystery—a mythical **Tenth Throne**, not made of stone, but of the collective soul of the Russian people itself. **Praise for "The Tenth Throne":