Connoisseurs and connoisseurs of fantasy! Julia Jones, already familiar to you from the fascinating trilogy “The Baker's Apprentice” and the exquisitely poetic novel “The Crown of Thorns,” invites you on a journey through her new world. A world ruled by High Magic, given only by the chosen ones. A world where clans of warriors of the icy North fight in a merciless war. A world where they kill without shedding blood, and somewhere in a cave hidden from the eyes of men, an ancient, eternal Evil lurks from the light of day. It lurks, waiting for the moment when, as predicted by an ancient prophecy, it will have a chance to break free again...