Five years after the events of the Crescent, the Paetta States are in dire danger. From the north, northerners are attacking Palatium, led by a mysterious sorceress - the Duchess of the Black Tower; Countless hordes of Ellora's homunculi have descended from the west, and in the southeast a threat is already awakening in the person of the mysterious Simmer Witch. Against the backdrop of all this, Bean is trying to recall the lost year and remember what happened to Maylynn. “Duchess of the Black Tower” is the completion of the Maylynn Iriga duology; a novel that will not leave anyone indifferent thanks to the richness and vividness of the language, the depth of the characters and the fascinating plot.