About the book: year / This story, according to my classification, is pure SF. The main motive for writing is the interest in the confrontation between the combatants of two hostile armies. It is this action that is the core and idea of ​​the story. Similar situations have been described thousands of times. So, unfortunately, I did not discover America! In the fantasy genre, I remember a similar situation from reading the work of some Anglo-Saxon. I read this a long time ago, about 35 years ago, and, unfortunately, I don’t remember well the plot, the author, or the title of the work. I forgot whether it was a story or a short story. Now I would love to re-read this thing - but, alas. But these are all lyrics, the most important thing is that the story is written, it is in front of you, and it is up to the readers to judge it. I just hope you like it. A loose retelling of Frederick Brown's short story "The Arena" (in another translation: "The Duel»).