Sixty years ago, the world died in a world war fire. But this ended only for those who burned to death in a nuclear flame or died under the ruins. And for the descendants of the survivors, everything was just beginning. After more than half a century on Earth, new "dark ages" reign in the remaining habitable corners. Barbarians, nomads, isolated villages, city-states. But from the post-war chaos, the first proto-empires are already beginning to appear - feudal or slave-owning. Humanity will again prove that everything new is well forgotten old, stepping on the beaten path into a familiar future. And, as before, the lives of people who find themselves in the path of the powerful are not worth a penny. The book is recommended for reading to persons over 16 years old.