There is no more despised House in the Empire than the House of Tekla, the House of those who bend their backs every day to their masters. And there are no more despised inhabitants in the Empire than immigrants from the East - ignorant, dirty, backward creatures from the worst district of the city of Adrilanka... And there is nothing more dangerous than a revolution that sweeps away everything in its path, grinding the destinies of Draegerians and people in its bloody millstones . One of them is Koti, the wife of Vlad Taltosh, who got involved in all this because she chose this path for herself. Well, the other one, Vlad Taltosh, who got involved in all this because the people of Khert, the jareg who holds the entire Southern Quarter of Adrilanka in his hands, know their “work” very well and one of the leaders of the revolutionary movement is already dead. And where is the guarantee that Kochi, who took his place, will not be next? And what do these madmen, who decided to challenge the Empire during the reign of the House of Phoenix, hope for?..Order of writing of the series by Brust: Djareg, Yendi, Tekla, Taltosh, Phoenix, Atira, Orca, Dragon, Isola Chronological order of events: Taltosh, Yendi, Dragon, Jareg, Tekla, Phoenix, Atira, Orca, Isola.