About the book: 2024 / For fans of Scarlett St. Clair, Tracy Wolf, Jennifer Armentrout, Rene Ahdieh. The second part in the trilogy! Ekaterina Aleshina writes romantic fantasy , bringing this genre to a completely different qualitative level. Her attention to the details of the world order, descriptions of healthy relationships and the creation of a captivating atmosphere amazes any reader. Since childhood, Gerda has been seeing the same dream: the North Sea, fjords and a pier where a stranger is waiting for her. She cannot see his face, but a mysterious voice from the fog promises: “He will find you himself.” Every day Gerda’s dreams become more and more ominous, and throughout Esther the most powerful immortals disappear without a trace. Fear reigns everywhere. From distant St. Petersburg, the mysterious Lord Nordwind arrives in the capital of the Southern Empire, whose heart has kept one bitter secret for hundreds of years. He will do anything to regain what was once cruelly taken from him. Gerda begins to realize that her terrible visions and Erik Nordwind's past are connected. To discover the truth and save her loved ones, she will have to make a cruel choice: risk her life for the light or watch her world sink into darkness..