Not everything works out for a beginner mage—Alex Elf, a graduate of the Dawn School. And in the mundane world, too—he is Alexey Vetrov, a programmer who, purely by chance, ended up where elves and dwarves show up more often than people. Yes, the world is still beautiful; gold coins jingle in his pocket; magic, a war bow, and blades still obey him. But Alex lacks the one thing—friends. And that is precisely now, when the fate of the City towering on the border of the kingdom of Mardinann and the endless steppe inhabited by savage nomads depends on him.
Now is the time to remember Alona, the dwarf princess—and, coincidentally, his surrogate little sister… And then, you never know, maybe someone else will join in. You can drive the nomads away from the City, but you can’t wipe them out! Or can you…? That is what the former programmer will have to decide. And as soon as possible…