The story continues in the second volume of Keystone Kingdom. After Ema makes a deal with Queen Sidra, Thibault returns from the Dead Forest, only he is no longer the same. Life at court goes on as usual, but disasters fall one after another on the Cornerstone. And no matter what happens - a harsh winter, famine, cholera - the subjects blame the young dark-skinned foreign queen for what is happening. For Ema, the happy anticipation of her first child becomes anxious and painful, because she knows that the hour of reckoning is coming. Pascal Kivizher was born in Canada, Montreal. She received a diploma in philosophy and fine arts and moved to Italy, where she studied painting and drawing for 10 years. She grew up in a French-speaking family. Pascal Kiwijer worked on the adventure series “Kingdom of the Cornerstone” for seven years and published the series in a Canadian publishing house, and a few years later it was republished in France. 5 reasons to buy the book “Kingdom of the Cornerstone. Book 2. Firstborns of May":• Reading is an escape into another reality - an exciting plot captivates you from the first lines;• An interesting fantasy world in which the reader feels like a participant in events, and not an outside observer;• With each volume the plot heats up, without letting go of the reader's attention for a minute;• A novel whose continuation you look forward to - what's next?• Themes that are relevant both in the fictional and real world: the struggle for power and the right to love whoever you want, betrayal and meanness to your neighbor, equality, moral choice.