Boris Ivanov is a regular sergeant of the Russian Army, a simple guy from a small provincial town where it isn’t customary to “avoid” military service. He has only three months left until demobilization, but a routine trip to the training range leads Ivanov into some kind of incomprehensible world. Is it the past? Maybe. But here there is a different way of life, different gods, and cruel and wealthy old men run everything—using something like magic.
What can an ordinary sergeant do against powerful rulers who can, with a single word, send swarms of gorgons into battle and hordes of the dead? The guy has the armored vehicle “Tiger” and a “Kord” machine gun. But will Boris have enough ammunition of the 12.7 mm caliber to earn respect from the trampled people—warriors and wizards?