About the book: year / The brave sapper of the royal army Tod, believes that the word “hero” is outdated in all respects. Only fools are called heroes who are ready to die for a couple of minstrel songs and short-lived glory. They save ladies and fight duels. And he doesn't do anything. Admiring cheap taverns, beer and girls of easy virtue, the swindler Tod looks at life with the simplicity of a port drunkard. But when the magical amulet of a deceased magician falls into his hands, his whole cheap philosophy begins to crumble, and fate persistently and persistently pushes him to a different role in this life.…