The state of Wels is going through difficult times after the Great Troubles and bloody civil strife. A time when battle magic and the flames of dragons almost destroyed the world. Now, on pain of death, any magic is prohibited, the dragons have disappeared without a trace, and most of the magicians have been executed or expelled. But years pass - and under a weak ruler, secret societies raise their heads, an enemy who knows no pity approaches the borders, and the few surviving magicians are preparing to conduct the Rite of Calling, returning the dragons to this world. In the country that has risen from the ashes, a new war is coming, more terrible than all the previous ones... The first book of the new series “Crown and Dragons”. Epic fantasy in the best traditions of George R.R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie.