Alicia, the illegitimate daughter of the head of the aristocratic House of Assal, finds the red pearl, receives its dark, sinister magic, and becomes the Demon Queen, cruel, calculating, and emotionless. For many years, hiding under the guise of virtue, the girl shone at the court of Emperor Anthia, becoming the cause of many tragic events. This continued until the Holy Inquisition declared a hunt for Alicia. Fleeing from this powerful organization, the Queen of the Abyss finds herself in the City of Vices, where the inquisitors cannot reach. Love and hate, meetings and partings, battles and magical rituals. The second book in the series Legends of the Lands of Dawn, but can be read as an independent work. The first book "Shameful Craft".