The Mathematician: Murphy's Law

You live, study, develop your abilities so that they will be useful in life. And then, unexpectedly, it turns out you’ll live not here, but in another world. So what do you do? Think about how your abilities can help you there—because everything is completely new and dangerous. That’s what happens to the main character of Maxim Kern’s novel “The Mathematician. Murphy’s Law.” He is not a fighter, not an athlete, and he doesn’t know the rules of survival—but he has other advantages, and you watch him with interest. Readers of this novel will find vivid images of heroes, unpredictable plot twists, and an unexpected ending that will leave some questions.

Alexander was walking in the park in the evening and heard a plea for help. Of course, he couldn’t pass by… Who knew that it wasn’t an ordinary person but a badly wounded mage? Who knew this meeting would affect an entire empire? And who could have known that getting into another world would be so easy? But Alexander ended up there.

As a student of a physics-math faculty, he found himself in the thick of war—where strength, agility, and magical abilities matter, and he doesn’t have them. Here he didn’t become a hero. He was sent to the School of Lucky Ones as a criminal. Few people leave that place, because rarely anyone is capable of surviving.

Here they don’t welcome him; he’s received with hostility. On his first evening, he is assigned three deadly duels. But you shouldn’t forget that Alexander has a scientific mindset. His abilities will help him figure out what to do—after all, he’s a mathematician for a reason.