Powerful forces are locked in a merciless battle, in which the prize is the whole world. Those who dream of turning it into an icy desert, those whose soul was long ago devoured by the Eternal Darkness, are fighting for the long-suffering Alion. The gods and their relative, who has returned from oblivion, known as the Thirteenth, are fighting desperately. To prevent the destruction that threatens Alion, the native of Hare's Skok, the heir to the imperial throne, Olen Randall and his companions - a gnome, an elf, an uttarn and others - again take up arms. Olen embarks on a bloody path and intends to go to the end, despite the death of his comrades. The gods of Alion are actually not as invulnerable as everyone seems...