About the book: 2023 / According to the law of power, the most powerful magician of the state becomes the ruler of Brizard. The people humbly accept this rule and equally zealously honor any king, be he a magnanimous sage or a cruel madman. But when the foreigner and tyrant Vulkard comes to power, rebellious murmurs arise even among the previously meek peasants. Bloody uprisings break out throughout Brizar, and only one remote village remains in blissful silence. It is here that Yazar lives, a despicable crippled shepherd who rebelled against the all-powerful king..