Her former life burned in the flames of the besieged city, and the bitterness of betrayal lay on her heart like a heavy stone, but the herbalist Erka Irtash did not break, and her soul is still full of courage and compassion. But is this enough to confuse all the plans of the newcomer? to its region to the formidable sorcerer Alder, nicknamed the Amen Kite, who until this day has not known defeat? And is it worth believing the words of love of the young ruler of Stavgar, who is stubbornly trying to make amends for his unexpected guilt before the herbalist living among the dense forest? The owner of human paths intertwined destinies these three into a complex pattern in which old debts and witchcraft and unfulfilled vows are mixed. The knots of the magical weaving are pulled together so tightly that now only time will tell what the young woman will become for two sworn enemies - death or salvation, and what path the herbalist herself will choose for herself.