In the struggle for power in the Empire of Videss, Emperor Turizin suppressed the rebellion, but the mercenary troops suddenly betrayed him, and the country is torn by a new war. In the battle with the traitors enters the legion of Mark Scavr. New losses and new, sometimes unexpected gains await the heroes of tetralogy: the Greek Gorgid and the Celt of Viridoviks, going to the steppes. The evil magic of Avshara again gets in their way, and only the twin swords, charmed by the Galian druids, belonging to Scavr and Viridoviks, can resist the magic of the monstrous prince - the sorcerer. But the decisive battle is ahead of ..