Daruma has lost what mattered most—its former balance and the lost knowledge. Because of everything connected with добыча (harvesting) and saving mana, local mages wage brutal, bloody wars, and that’s why the world itself is balancing on the brink of a major catastrophe. The hero gets a chance to be reborn as a reward for his “heroic” death, and manages to make use of the Well of New Lives. A heroic one—if you look from a very great distance: in the last battle he defeated a monster that roared loudly and moved unnaturally fast. But who does he become after rebirth? He doesn’t know it himself—though he has already managed to fight to the death and send many enemies to the next world.
Cover art is the work of the respected Pyrymeter.