About the book: year / Sergei Dukharev - a former paratrooper - did not think that an ordinary party with friends would end for him in the tenth century. Rus. In Kyiv - Prince Igor. In Polotsk - Prince Rogvolt. Vikings are infiltrating from the north, and nomadic Pechenegs are pressing in from the south. The time of formation of the Russian land. Time for change. For Rus' and for Seryoga Dukharev. A stranger and a blockhead, spoiled by civilization, unexpectedly shows a real masculine character. The cruel and merciless world became Seryoga’s home, in which he truly felt a taste for life and found the woman he loved, friends and even relatives. At first a nobody, then a buffoon, and finally a warrior who won the respect of the Varangians and became one of them. Equal among the strong