The waters of the flood are coming from the south and north. Terrible and amazing events are happening throughout Aratta. In Belazor, in front of hundreds of people, the tower of the main temple disappears. Hasta goes to investigate the miracle and... also disappears, having left behind a birch bark letter with a mysterious design: a split skull, and from it a primrose reaches to the sky... A new Zarni Zien has appeared in Bjarma - a guslar and a great sorcerer. The hopes of frightened, desperate people are turned to him. “It’s very easy to be saved,” says the holy singer. “All the Aryas must perish - and the flood will stop.” The Angry Sun rose over the steppes of the Suryas. The settlers from Aratta, hoping to wait out the flood there, ended up on the altars. But what happened to those few who entered the forbidden dead city in the desert?.. The young sovereign Ayur does not find a place for himself. “The sea is already threatening the capital, but I still don’t know what to do! Why was I born?!” Aratta is on the verge of destruction. But she can still be saved. All you need is one shot and one song... The "Aratta" series is the first collaboration between the creator of the famous series about the Wolfhound, Maria Semyonova, and the talented St. Petersburg writer Anna Gurova, author of the book series "Prince of Silence", "Moon Warrior", "Book of Fire", "Children of the Snake" "and other popular works of the fantasy genre.