Sashka Perventsev entered the Game by chance. Two lovers of deadly extreme thrills needed a third partner. He agreed… and found himself in Mirgard, the world of ninth-century Vikings. He pulled the oar of a drakkar in a force-seven storm, boarded Frisian knorrs, fought duels with berserkers, stormed Frankish castles, held off English cavalry with his friends behind a wall of shields… And he never retreated — honor is more important than life! He played the cruel games of the Vikings, but at the same time remembered: he, Alexander Perventsev, also had his own game. Strategy.