Residents of Zarechensk survived the transfer to a new world and the subsequent civil strife. They experienced the brutality of the bandits and repelled the attack of the Hashsh aborigines. However, fate does not want to leave people alone and is preparing another test. Far away, where the steppe ends and the forest begins, an army is gathering, which will be very difficult to resist. Or does it just seem that way? After all, people not only retained knowledge that no other race in this world has, but also acquired new ones.