About the book: year / Son of a dictator Slav and the barbarian Volod have never seen each other, but they are like two peas in a pod. One lives in a beautiful city, the other survives in a desert hostile to people, dreaming of becoming famous and becoming great. By chance, Volod finds himself at the site of a shipwreck, notices his resemblance to the wounded young man and, upon the arrival of rescuers, impersonates him, and Slav becomes a slave of the barbarians. A fatal substitution destroys the shaky truce between the barbarians and the city of settlers, and war breaks out on the planet. One has a thirst for power, an impregnable city, high technology and the power of an army of clones trained to kill. The other has nothing but the desire to survive, avenge his father and regain his good name.