About the book: year / Men don’t cry, men become bitter. A mercenary who miraculously escaped the gallows. Heir to the Great House. A bastard whom his father did not recognize. The first sword of the empire, but only the second son of the ruler. Each of them has his own destiny and a beloved woman whom he cannot marry. And they are all trying to fight fate. Some people lose and some people win. The question is the price.