Torak failed to keep a fatal secret from the Crow tribe that sheltered him - the terrible mark left by the Soul Eaters on his chest was discovered. He is now completely alone, separated even from the Wolf and Renn, and according to the law of the tribes, anyone who meets the exile is obliged to kill him. And the Lady of Snakes, the most insidious of the Soul Eaters, did not give up hope of returning Torak. Fleeing from his pursuers, the young man takes refuge in foreign territory, on the reedy shores of Lake Topora, where ghosts live...