About the book: year / The last days are coming in the Ardaean Empire - the once powerful state is dying under the invasion of a mysterious force that turns the land into a barren wasteland, where terrifying monsters live, where Pestilent winds blow from bottomless caves, and the pale Sun of the Dead flickers faintly at the eternal zenith. The few cities of survivors are engulfed by an epidemic of demonic possession, the dark cults of the old gods are once again raising their heads, and famine is creeping into homes following the refugees from the north. This story is about two boys who have to go through a difficult and bloody path of growing up, becoming those who make decisions about the fate of the world, desperately balancing on the brink of death. The story of boys who realized too early that the Age of Masks had arrived, an era ruled by demons and steel..