Power-hungry Consul Kalar rebelled against First Consul Alera. In order to overthrow Gaius Sextus from the throne, Kalar entered into an alliance with the Canim, the worst enemies of the Aler state. In the new legion, collected from all over the country and having no combat experience, history and traditions, young Tavi Calderon serves in the modest position of assistant tribune under an assumed name . The real task of the former cursor is to be the “eyes and ears” of the First Consul, to expose his enemies and thwart their plans. Tavi still does not know that soon he will have to lead this legion - the last shield of Alera - and fight with a sixty-thousand-strong army of ferocious and merciless Canim. For the first time in Russian!