Wherever a person lives - among modern technology, in the outer spaces of the future, in the distant past, in a historical or fictional world - he is always looking for his place in life. And for this reason, sometimes he dares to do things that are in no way consistent with common sense, tradition or morality. This is what happens in the world that opens before readers on the pages of Alexey Semenov’s novel, a world that is strikingly reminiscent of ancient Slavic Rus'. To find his place in life, his share, the hero of the novel will have to endure many losses, taste life as it is, learn to be worthy of his fate, wait and believe. But even this sometimes turns out to be too little...