The Witcher of Grand Kiev[1] (Russian: Ведьмак из Большого Киева, romanized: Vedmak iz Bolshogo Kieva) is a series of short stories of the genre of technofantasy (cyberpunk fantasy),[2] written by Vladimir Vasilyev, a Russian author of Ukrainian origin.

[7] In the universe of stories, the planet Earth, inhabited not only by homo sapiens, collided with a large celestial body.

After the catastrophe, the world is divided into large cities and independent closed autonomous territories between them.

Humans, elves, orcs, and other intelligent races coexist relatively peacefully.

One of megacities under leadership of technicians is Kyiv, which spreads over the entire area of continental Ukraine, bypassing only the Crimea.