When the whirlpool of fate catches you like a splinter, there is only one way to survive — to start acting. Roman Belov got lucky: fate cast him into a world where the fears that had tormented him since childhood turned into a magical gift for sensing danger. But will his new ability help him survive in a world where alongside ordinary people live the masters of steam machines — dwarves, the inhabitants of giant trees — elves, as well as orcs — masters of the steppes scorched by ancient dragon magic? Nor does the fact inspire optimism that he will have to begin with the not-so-safe profession of bodyguard in the service of one whom many consider a bloody maniac.