About the book: 2017 / Laya and Elias managed to escape from Serra, cordoned off by the swordsmen. They have to go a long and dangerous way to get to Kauf - the most terrible prison of the Empire - and rescue Darin, Laia's brother, from there. They are ready to confront the whole world: the Commandant, the Overseer of Kauf, the Prince of Darkness, as well as the new Bloody Shrike. After all, Helen Aquila, bound by the bonds of an oath, must fulfill the will of Emperor Marcus: to catch Elias and execute him.