The long-awaited continuation of the “Golden Lands” trilogy from Ulyana Cherkasova! The first book of the “Falcon and Raven” series won the love of readers. Dark epic fantasy with a Slavic flavor captivated audiences. Dara, Milos, Vyachko and Jerzy are ready to face fate again... And winter is coming in the Golden Lands. We are expanding the geography: the maps on the endpaper will cover an increasingly larger territory of the Golden Lands. The spinner goddess weaves the threads of fate into a tight knot. One thread is for the forest witch who rejects her fate. In a city without enchantments, Dara is just as dangerous as in the Great Forest, but this is the only place where she can hide from the ancient gods. The second thread is for a sorcerer who is trying to deceive fate. Milos is obsessed with the desire for revenge, but hatred destroys him. The third thread is for the prince who is afraid of his fate. Having lost his beloved, Vyachko tries to find a new goal in life, but perhaps it was always known to him. The fourth thread is for the servant who obeys fate. And it was he, Hedgehog, that the gods chose to reveal the secrets that the Owl Tower conceals. The spinning wheel turns, the spinning goddess holds the threads tightly. She can easily tear off any of them. The spinning wheel makes revolution after revolution, the spinning goddess holds the threads tightly. She can easily break off any of them. The epic scope of the dark fantasy, appreciated by Natalia O'Shea (Helavisa), the leader of the Mill group, will not leave you indifferent: “The second part of the Golden Lands perfectly reveals the story arcs laid down in the first, and poses new mysteries for the reader. The tale becomes darker and darker, and the characters grow. References to folklore tropes delight the heart of a philologist - what is the task of freeing someone chained in a witch’s dungeon from thirst. We read carefully, worry about the heroes and, of course, look forward to the continuation.”