There is no peace on the long-suffering land of the Kingdom of Priluzhany. Not only did brother rebel against brother, but also the greedy neighbors began to share the loaf. How to survive? How to escape when your own people are put in prison, and then nomads descend on the city, incited by a rebellious sorcerer, your worst enemy? Friends are rushing to the north, to where a bloody civil strife is flaring up like a forest fire. But their path is difficult, too many hunters for the Priluzhany treasury decided to play openly.