The secret forces ruling the Wasteland have set in motion the Great Game. Someone forces Reverend Gest from the Moscow Temple to begin a march toward the plague-ravaged Minsk, where a throne is hidden—a mysterious device, either preserved since the Days of Doom or brought into the Wasteland from another world. At the same time, from the other end of the Wasteland, Bagrаt, head of the Kyiv Temple, sets out for Minsk with his detachment. By allying himself with nomadic mutants, he hopes to catch Gest off guard and use the throne for his own purposes.
Ilymar Krest, the ataman of the largest—and most dangerous—bandit clan in Moscow, also gets involved. And in the intricate web of intrigues stirred by powerful people, Vic Kaspers from a mercenary clan hired by Gest to escort his caravan finds himself drawn into the struggle. Vic doesn’t yet know that he’s destined to play a key role in the march to the throne—because he is the son of the legendary Wayfarer.
He’s a jaeger!