Almost no one feels it yet, but darkness is gathering over western Vildar. The townsfolk still drink their beer in the same way, politicians still intrigue at the royal court, everything is as usual, gentlemen, everything is as usual. But the Whites, as well as the growing Blacks, already know about the approaching Hour. And at the center of what is to come is an unsightly, awkward young minstrel, accused of murdering a princess and now running for his life. And sharing the road with him are generally very strange characters - a sorcerer, a duke and a boy who looks like a fox. Or maybe a little fox that looks like a boy. And two people, who previously could not even think of ending up together, set out after them in search of the minstrel. Two monks of two orders, both in the rank that we would call a bishop... Only one from the Order of the One, and the other from the Black... And, of course, a princess appearing here and there, whom they wanted to marry off against her will. No, no, it’s not that she was in love with someone, but they tried to pass her off as someone else. This is not a suitable princess for a myth or a ballad. Completely unsuitable... That’s why, in fact, she didn’t want to get married. What can connect such different people? But the pages you read turn over, and common roots become visible. Roots growing from the East, to the now endless expanses of the former great empire, now covered with ashes, which could not withstand the onslaught of evil, but also did not allow its victory over the world, to its last emperor, and further, at a time when there was neither an empire nor people, not even the World itself, but only the Song according to which the World was created... Fans of many genres will be able to enjoy this trilogy. This is undoubtedly a fantasy, in which there is the rattling of swords, and magic, and myth, and history, and intrigue, and the Great Destiny, but it begins, like an action film, with a duel, and, like a detective story, with a crime, and the end, of course, will captivate lovers of women's novels. And if you have read it, do not rush to get rid of this book. Because after reading it again, you will see the shine of new facets and new lines, and new associations will awaken from the seemingly already read text. Actually, this is how books should be written, isn’t it?

The novel is written in the form of a trilogy. Approximately 15.5 author's sheets, 526 KB of pure text. It has a developed story and specially built-in plot twists for potential continuation in the form of a series.