Driven into a corner, the Coven witches called into their allies a warlike winged tribe that had lived for many centuries among the mountains of the far north. Meanwhile, the Swarm is slowly but surely approaching the southern borders of the kingdom, devouring everything in its path and leaving behind a lifeless desert. And in the heart of the country there is restlessness - a peasant revolt is brewing. And again the king was not left alone with the tangle of problems that befell him. Sir Roland, His Majesty's confidential friend, begins to unravel this tangle. And also his assistants: the young nosy Anika, the mighty warrior Kroger and a native of the southern lands Gilroy - a man capable of infiltrating any, even the most protected, place in the world.