About the book: year / Emrys Zhelezny never asked for much, but what was due to him by fate, he immediately grabbed by the throat - so as not to miss. There was no place for him in the lord's family? It doesn’t matter, if he’s lucky, he’ll be able to become one himself. Has life made him a mercenary? So he will make it to captain! Find yourself at the helm of the elite Iron Brothers squad? Great, he himself will select excellent guys to work with, with whom you can live longer and actually get the title. Well, the opportunity turned up, and here he is the baron, Emrys whistled as he entered the hall of the imperial palace. You can finally relax: eat food not from taverns, sleep on mattresses that are not crumpled, choose any women, and not just from the available brothel workers. True, no one said that among the noble ladies of the empire there is also one who immediately grabs fate, luck and the emperor himself by the throat. And it is to her that he, Emrys the Iron, will owe the fact that he ended up in the cesspool of palace packs, and that he managed to survive in them.