The world of the hive is harsh and cruel. You can feel safe here only by hiding in the territory of a well-fortified headquarters, with a well-established defense system. Where the perimeter is guarded by experienced immune forces with serious weapons and no problems with stocks of ammunition for them. Although in this case the security is only temporary. Until the first signs of a “shaking” or a horde of infected who accidentally looked at the light. What to do if you ended up in the hive unarmed and barefoot, and, moreover, completely lost of memory?! If this were the end of the list of troubles that happened, you could give up. But the main problem is that it’s the Middle Ages! How did it happen that instead of the usual time, you ended up in the past? Is it possible to go back to one’s own time? But there is no opportunity to properly reflect on these questions. Simply because the main thing in the hive, regardless of time and place, is one question - the question of survival.

Author's notes :The idea for the novel came to mind last year, during the first competition in the Styx universe. But I didn’t have time for the last competition and put the plot of the novel into the far corner of my memory, from where I retrieved it when I learned about the repetition of the competition. The plot was slightly rethought and eventually grew into a series of books, the first of which I want to post for participation in the competition. Some terms from the world of Styx have been changed, since the novel takes place in the past.