The second book of the “Ruler of the Void” series. Left behind is Zalmar-Afi, excited by preparations for the next stage of the war with the empire, and the impregnable Mavlarsky ridge, and in front now lies only a boundless ocean of golden sand, which hides the secrets of the desert people. Lantea leads her faithful companion to the lost city of Hetaira, one of the five great Barkhanes, but Professor Soi Asharh still does not even suspect how difficult it will be for him to survive in the polis, where the arrival of a stranger can unleash a bloody struggle for power. Contains obscene language.< /p>