About the book: 2020 / I am a werewolf who broke the law of the pack. I found refuge in free Fristad, met a patron, and learned to control my magic. But I am still a lonely outcast, the reasons that prompted me to run away have not disappeared, and the pack does not give up trying to bring me back. And darkness creeps into the city - behind the Nine Gates of Fristada, ancient creatures roam, growling from hunger, monsters, people, come to life in the old crypt they whisper about the all-powerful Tree God, greedy for the blood of mortals. The shadows, the unspoken guardians of the city, instruct me to find the Book of Memory - an artifact that controls evil. The hermit magician Gus is my partner in a difficult task, and we both risk it for the sake of freedom: he will be spared from the oath once given to the Shadows, and I will be spared from the wrath of the pack.