...Elda. A world in which the “barbarian” kingdoms of the North and the “civilized” kingdoms of the South once came to a fragile truce... A world that is now on the brink of a new war. Because a powerful sorceress nicknamed Rose of Elda, who had forgotten about her great past and high destiny, became just the wife of the young king of the northerners... Because Rose's companion, the brave gunsmith Katla, is captured by the southerners and languishes in slavery... Because the young magician Viralai, naively considering himself the owner of a huge cat endowed with the gift of magical Power, increasingly obeys the orders of this mysterious beast, possessing far not with an animal mind...The war can no longer be stopped. But who will start it?!