The bodies of the murdered townspeople have barely cooled down, and a new war breaks out in Mytendoriya. The Church of Light prepares to fight the king's advisor to stop the spread of the Heresy. Influential courtiers rush to side with the powerful in order to gain even more power. The Shadow Dukes spread death and terror on the streets of the capital. And in a distant city on the edge of the Forest, one girl is building her new life, not knowing that she has already embarked on a bloody and crazy path, at the end of which she will be called Irene, Countess from the Abyss.