Over Tor ton hangs the threat of an invasion by enemy troops. One of the largest cities of the kingdom of Lockher freezes in terror, preparing in advance for looting and fires. There was no help to be expected from anywhere. Unless… from our not-too-romantic world, where bandits killed all the relatives of a terminally ill boy. And the boy was destined to share the fate of many homeless children. But Volodya Starinov’s destiny took an unexpected turn. Russian special services needed exactly someone like him. For him, they didn’t spare either expensive medicines, or the newest methods of combat training, or a top-secret technology for transitions between worlds. And now he is no longer homeless Volodya—he is Prince Voldemar, and the salvation of the port city of Torton in the distant kingdom of Lockher depends on him alone.