About the book: 2012 / The strange world of the Middle Ages, which locals quite seriously call the Kingdom of Heaven. True, people are not its masters, they are just uninvited guests here. And Andrei Novak, a pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who by a strange whim of fate found himself in this world, now knows this for sure. Behind the vast steppe, inhabited by wild orc tribes, lurks a powerful empire, looking at the human lands with a greedy gaze, ready to pounce on them like a predator on its prey. Our hero does not consider himself obligated to save his fellow tribesmen, he does not consider himself a messiah called to decide their destinies, he just wants to survive, but he cannot survive alone. Get in line with everyone? There are much more skilled warriors than him. But he can forge a weapon that can tip the scales in favor of the people. To do this, he needs very little: time and the opportunity to work. But even for this little thing he will have to fight to the brink of human strength.