About the book: 2023 / In a parallel world, history took a different path - the Roman Empire did not fall under the onslaught of barbarians, but managed to survive, pushing its borders right up to the Ural mountains The absence of wars led to an almost complete stop of technological progress. In 2500 from the founding of Rome, several people live near Lake Ilmen who will become one of the first magicians on Earth. They did not immediately realize that they had acquired unusual abilities, which they would have to learn to use on their own over the course of many years..