Twenty-seven worlds opened their gates before him: he wandered across their endless oceans and continents, fought and loved, fled and sought treasure, gained and lost friends, punished injustice, fought with people and monsters, led armies into battles and sat under siege, stormed the castles of medieval barons and the bases of alien aliens. The pirates of Alba, the wild Mong horsemen, the Amazons of Meotida and Bregga, the Newters of Tarn, the Katrazakh Khadras, the gladiators of Sarma, the wizards of Iglstaz obeyed him, followed him, overwhelmed by a craving for freedom, to gold or power. He was a hero and a winner, a ruler and a commander, a conquistador and a tireless lover, for there was always a beautiful woman next to him. So, Richard Blade, a hero...

Translation from English by M. Nachmanson and A Kurmakova. Original text in Russian by J. Laird, J. Laird Jr.