Sharka has chosen her side: now the last kyengar in the world fights on the side of the Orphans. Their hetman Jan Hroust knows no defeat, fatigue or doubt and is ready to put everything he has to fire and sword for the sake of his revenge. The kingdom is plunging deeper into the heat of a fratricidal war. But was this what Svortek wanted when he gave the Gift to the village commoner, or did he have his own plan? And are the True King, the Prince of Orphans and the first student of the Kyengar ready to play by the rules of their “fathers”? Sharka will have to figure out who is friend and who is enemy, and again stand up for the disadvantaged and lost, like herself. Because there are no winners in war. Continuation of the novel “Orphans” by Maria Voy. Dark fantasy, ambiguous heroes, redivision of the world and a gloomy picture of war, in the fire of which real heroes are forged and true villains appear. The reader, along with the heroes, will have to figure it out and understand where The world is coming, shrouded in anger and hatred, to realize the mistakes of the past and accept that for the most important things in life we pay with parts of our souls. Stylish design of the duology from Maria Voy. The publication is supplemented with illustrations inside. The series was highly appreciated by the writer and literary agent Una Hart, as well as bloggers Polina Pars and Pomoyny Enot.