About the book: 2017 / Why the impeccable Roman legions, which captured gigantic territories - from present-day Great Britain to present-day Syria, ran into the northern lands of Central Europe like a wall and Northern Black Sea region? Why, having conquered hundreds of large and small nations, were they unable to defeat the “barbarians” who lived along the shores of the Baltic Sea, the Rhine, Laba, Dnieper and Don? Writer Sergei Alekseev gives his artistic answer to this. The events of the novel take place during the decline of the Roman Empire on the coast of the Varangian (Baltic) Sea. We are immersed in the life of free and freedom-loving Arvars who do not know slavery, have secret knowledge and a number of superpowers that allow them to defeat any enemy. However, disorder reigns in Arvar society, caused by mistakes and tragedies of the distant past. Prince of the Rus Suvor wants to return strength and prosperity to the northern peoples, as well as stop the spread of a new religion that forced the Romans to betray their native Gods.