About the book: 2004 / Welcome to one of the most original worlds of “sword and sorcery” in the history of fantasy! To a world where, in the glorious capital of Perimadea, the outcome of legal proceedings is decided by LAWYERS - hired swordsmen, with the power of a blade, proving the rightness of their employers... To a world where Bardas Lordan, the most legendary of Perimadea's lawyers, lives - and fights. Now the blade and military talent of Bardas are sold for good gold - and the best price is offered by the distant, powerful Empire of the Sons of the Sun, waging a long, brutal war with the savage nomads. But, alas, this particular war may turn out to be the LAST for the great fighter... No one will help him here. Here you will have to fight ALONE! Here - one way or another - the story of Bardas's exploits will END…