The novel “Lileya” is a continuation of the novel “Casket” and the second book in the historical-fantasy trilogy of the famous writer Elena Chudinova. The heroes have matured, their adventures are becoming more dangerous, since now not only demonic forces are against them, but also the whole state, engulfed bloody madness - revolutionary France. Terrible events force Nellie to leave her dying husband and set out on an almost hopeless search for her kidnapped brother Roman...What lesson should readers take from the tragic events of the French Revolution, which the author so persistently warns about, what distant events threaten us with?