About the book: 2022 / Winter taught Countess Keleroy a harsh lesson, forced her to eke out a miserable existence on the outskirts of high society, forgetting her previous dreams, but... did not force her to give up! And although the soul of the battle magician is poisoned by the bitterness of defeat, the game continues. The stakes have been raised to the skies, an unusually hot wind is already blowing in the north, the white sand is singing invitingly, and emerald waves are scraping against the shores. The kingdom of Volenstir is the last place in the explored world where a free lady of a progressive empire would like to go. Cruel laws and unshakable ancient traditions reign here; here nobility and honor are not just words: for the slightest insult it is customary to kill in a duel. Here every man is a potential threat to the independence of any innocent maiden. But Florian Keleroy is not going to give in to difficulties or compromise his principles. She vowed to save her brother from the death penalty and will survive anywhere, no barbarians can tell her! Even the most dangerous of them - the first royal adviser Tir Birlek, the one about whom she tries in vain not to think, but who still excites her soul, awakens previously unknown forbidden feelings.