This is the world of Einarin. A world ruled by magic. Magic, subject only to a select few - those living far from human worries and hopes. The magic of great masters who learn in the solitude of the mysterious island of Hadrumala the secrets of the elements and the secrets of sea inhabitants. A world in which the present is inextricably linked with the past, and the past with the future. But for the time being, the past was silent... Until the time when the Eletimma - the magicians of the Ice Islands - raised their heads again, and this time their Power, which came from the past, powerful and merciless, threatens the future of Einarin with black disaster. And then the warrior Raished was ordered to accompany the mysterious sorcerer on a mortally dangerous path - on a path, at the end of which - a magical duel with the sorcerers of the Ice Islands. For once Ryshad swore to take revenge on them for the death of his friend. And now the fate of not only the warrior, but all of Einarin depends on the fulfillment of this oath.