Vladimir Vasilyev

• Name — Vladimir Vasilyev • Pen Name — Vokha, Boxa • Born — 8 August 1967 • Birthplace — Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Novelist, short story writer, musician • Genre — Science fiction, fantasy • Years Active — 1991 - present • Website — vasilyev.com

• Shandalar (Шандалар) • Cloudy Land (Облачный край), 1994 • One Year of Life (Год жизни), 1996 • Otran's Black Stone (Черный камень Отрана), 1996 • Blades (Клинки) • Blades (Клинки), 1996 • A Thicket's Soul (Душа чащобы), 1996 • Big Kiev (Большой Киев) • The Big Kiev Technician a.k.a. Hunt for Wild Trucks (Техник Большого Киева/Охота на дикие грузовики), 1997 • The Big Kiev Witcher (Ведьмак Большого Киева), 1999–2009 • Death or Glory (Смерть или слава) • Death or Glory (Смерть или слава), 1998 • Black Relay Race (Черная эстафета), 1999 • Mobility War (Война за мобильность) • Giants' Legacy (Наследие исполинов), 2002 • No One but Us (Никто, кроме нас), 2005 • As Vasilyev noted in an interview, "Death or Glory was written under the impression from David Brin's duology Startide Rising and The Uplift War". While a relative success in Russia (17,000 copied of Death or Glory issued by 2000), the novel was only POD published in English in 2004 by Capricorn Publishing. • Wolf Nature (Волчья натура) • Wolf Nature (Волчья натура), 1999 • Everyone With Beast Inside (Зверь в каждом из нас), 2000 • World of Watches (Мир Дозоров) • Day Watch (Дневной дозор), 2000 with Sergey Lukyanenko • Black Palmira's Face (Лик Черной Пальмиры), 2003 • Time of Inversions (Время инверсий), 2012 • The Altitude (Высота) • The Skies Masters (Хозяева поднебесья), 2001 • A Chorister Owl Trill (Трель певчей совы), 1996

• UFO: Enemy Unknown (UFO: Враг Неизвестен), 1997. Novelization of the game UFO: Enemy Unknown. • Going Into The Night (Идущие в Ночь), 1999 with Anna Kitayeva (Lee). • Three Steps on Dankarten (Три шага на Данкартен), 2000 • Hot Start a.k.a. Hearts and Engines (Горячий старт/Сердца и Моторы), 2002 • Antarctica-online (Антарктида-online), 2004 with Alexander Gromov • The "Capudania"'s Treasure (Сокровище "Капудании"), 2007 • The Shadows of Future (Тени грядущего), 2009 with Konstantin Utolin and Roman Arilin • Hide-and-Seek on Centre Line (Прятки на осевой), 2010 - novel in cross-author cycle of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game Universe • Children of a duplicator (Дети дупликатора), 2011 - novel in cross-author cycle of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game Universe

Vladimir Vasilyev is also a guitar player and is also known as a singer and composer. In his songs, Vasilyev uses fantastical and unrealistic motifs. His most well-known song is "Battlecat's March" (Марш Бойцовых котов), which has an allusion to Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel The Kid from Hell ("Парень из Преисподней"). Albums • The Ambush-92 (Засада-92) • Live in Kharkiv (Концерт в Харькове) • Overdue confession 2014 (with "Prospekt Mira" band)