This is a world of swords and magic, where the old gods are dead and the balance of order is beginning to tilt. Roland, the former small town garrison, accidentally awakened an ancient sword that had been dormant for thousands of years while cleaning the battlefield. What lives in the sword is not a heroic spirit, but a strange being who calls himself a "civilized observer". From then on, his destiny deviated from the predetermined track and was forced to be involved in the whirlpool between the empire, the church and ancient secrets. When he holds the Sword of Dawn and stands at the junction of the old and new eras, he must answer a question: Should he become the defender of the old order, or become the... First ray of fire that ignites the new era?
