Dona Irina excited the entire high society of Eberding: unusually beautiful and mysterious, she arrived from the colonies and immediately seduced one of the most eligible bachelors in the city. But such luck also has a downside: they say that a killer is already on Irina’s trail, collecting a collection of dark-haired beauties. And all around, the intrigues of the masters of the Brotherhood of Thorn are weaving, explosions are thundering, and progress is pressing the magic more and more every day.