The mysterious forces of Destiny bind Geralt to Princess Cirilla. The Witcher tries to escape from his Destination, but it overtakes him again and again. The emperor's warriors, whose lands lie far to the south, rush to the north and wipe out one kingdom after another from the face of the earth. Princess Cirilla, believed by many to be dead, is lost in a stream of refugees. Only Geralt can find her in this hell. A. Sapkowski’s saga has long occupied an honorable place in the world tradition of the fantasy genre, and Geralt has become a cult character not only in the world of literature, but in the universe of computer games. The second book in the “Witcher” series, which includes six stories about the witcher Geralt, is published for the first time with illustrations by Denis Gordeev, created specifically for this publication.