About the book: 2008 / The king made a mistake by giving the throne to his nephew. No, he was a good king, if, of course, you like it when a monarch decides to execute you for sympathy for another contender for the throne. The son of a deceased king, who barely escaped death, gathers armies in the north. Who will help him when enemies are approaching from all sides? Only a magician-student who unexpectedly got involved in the war for the throne... The commander of a detachment of northern barbarian federates accidentally becomes a drunkar of the empire. He saves the emperor, who once served in his detachment, from the assassins, and then goes to war to fulfill his dream. A dream of the former glory of their native country... The rulers, the strongest feudal lords of the Kingdom, decide which side to take, and every wrong step of the applicants, their every word, even every breath can tip the scales in the other direction…