About the book: 2002 / Country of the Great Grian... A country ruled for centuries and centuries by the Clans of those who once inherited the blood of the Twelve Mages - the magicians who laid the foundation of this world. The Great Grayan Country... Lands of swords and spells, lands where “free” Clans and Families burn brands with red-hot irons on the bodies of the Dregs - pitiful, powerless slaves. The Great Graian Country... The Land where a strange young man wanders with strange name Oreshek. A slave who bears no mark. A slave wearing a cloak marked with the crest of the mighty Falcon Clan! A runaway slave who does not remember his past - and does not know WHAT high lot the mysterious future has in store for him...