1870, California. A girl is murdered near Oroville, a town on a dying gold mine. And only the dilapidated houses of the Indians, abandoned many years ago, saw how her blood was shed. Neither the distraught fiancé of the deceased, nor the gloomy pastor who heard her last confession, nor the mysterious illusionist who arrived in the city can help the sheriff in the investigation. And Jane Burnfield herself was not who she pretended to be. Her secrets are dangerous. And the danger is closer than it seems. But the answers are on the overgrown path. The sister of the murdered woman is about to step into the black pool to find them. A prince buried alive awaits her on the Other Side. Ancient towers ruled by a Leader with an enchanted name. And a war without right and wrong. The living one must replace the dead one. But what price will she pay for it?