At thirty-six, Anton unexpectedly found himself in the body of a ten-year-old boy, the son of the ruler of a distant mountainous country of another world. Now he has arrived in the neighboring mighty Empire as an honorary prisoner or hostage. The sophisticated intrigues of the imperial nobility threaten to drag him into a whirlpool of deadly events. After all, it is unlikely that any of the experienced imperials vested with power will fear some savage juvenile, shuffling the deck for a wise solitaire from the destinies and lives of many people... But the blood of the Dan rulers, which flows in the veins of the young highlander, will not allow the enemies to win.