Konova Swift Dragon commands the newly recruited Iron Elves regiment, in which there is only one elf left - himself. Having thwarted the plans of the Dark Lady, an elven witch who sought to take possession of the Scarlet Star of the East, Konova decides to find the elves from her former regiment, scattered across the desert country beyond the sea. He hopes that this will help him free his warriors - and himself - from the oath of allegiance they swore to the Dark Lady. Together with the Iron Elves, the prince of the Kalagrian Empire crosses the sea, obsessed with the desire to find the legendary library of Kaman-Rala. The name of this former ruler of the country is associated with a mysterious ancient force lurking in the desert. And it is there, according to prediction, that the next Star will fall, for the possession of which the struggle between the powers that be begins again... For the first time in Russian! The second book in the exciting trilogy about the iron elves!