About the book: 2021 / What to do if your beloved homeland is greeted with an arrest decree and a murder charge? The groom is trying to win the emperor's favor, his uncle is preparing an escape from prison, and unknown persons have already ruined all their plans by stealing the emperor's dogs from under his nose. Long live freedom! Down with the Emperor! Death to the magicians, and mercenaries to the chopping block, because there is no point in forcing fictitious marriages on honest Daryas!