About the book: year / How twisted fate is! Today you are successful, your opportunities and influence are incredible, and your ambitions are immeasurable! But all this was just this day. The next day, your tormented, fairly chewed body will lie somewhere in a god-forsaken thicket, and only a thin, almost imperceptible stripe on your throat will tell you what happened. However, will anyone bother to find your cold corpse? Of course not! This is life in the Falarn Empire, a country that has suffered many troubles and strife. And it was in it, at its very edge, that Siegvard, an ordinary, rootless boy, by chance found himself. His past is hidden behind a veil of magical secrets, and his prospects for the future cannot be called promising. The trusty pick is in his hands, and the impenetrable darkness of dusty mines stretches before his eyes. Day after day he survives among the scum, fighting for his own existence. Will he be able to reveal the secret of his past, will he be able to overcome the blows of fate? Who knows, fate is a tricky thing...