About the book: 2011 / Not everything and not always works out for the novice magician, graduate of the Dawn School Alex Elf. And in the world - Alexey Vetrov, a programmer who once, by pure chance, found himself in a place where elves and gnomes are found more often than people. Yes, the world is still beautiful, gold coins jingle in his pocket, magic, a combat bow and blades are still under his control, but Alex does not have the most important thing - friends. And this is now, when the fate of the City depends on him, which rises on the border of the kingdom of Mardinan and the endless steppe inhabited by ferocious nomads. Is it time to remember Alona, ​​the dwarf princess, and also her named sister? And then you look, and someone else will catch up. True, the nomads can be driven back from the City, but they cannot be exterminated! Or is it still possible? This will have to be decided by the former programmer. And as soon as possible…