About the book: 2023 / Seven years ago, after the suppressed uprising, the Belogorsk prince Stefan Belta was sent to the Ostland court as a hostage so that his father did not start a new revolt. In Ostland, the young prince becomes a friend of Tsarevich Lothair, who soon ascends the throne and makes Stefan his advisor. However, returning to his father’s house, the homeland of Byala Guru, Stefan learns that a new uprising is being prepared against Ostland. Things are further complicated by the fact that Stefan is a vampire and is forced to keep his secret even from those closest to him..