About the book: 2006 / The powerful northern Empire conquers one of the powers of the Archipelago - Gerdonez. What can the old scientist Bentanor Iiguir oppose to the invaders? When all living things are numb with horror, when peoples fall on their faces, and around there is no one comparable in strength to the enemy? Very far away, on the other side of the world, there is an island whose inhabitants, who have mastered martial arts to perfection, were once able to repel the claims of the Empire. The sage proposes a daring, almost insane plan: to deliver there a hundred young orphans who will grow up to be invincible warriors and return freedom to their homeland....