About the book: year / For eight hundred years now, the Cradle of Heroes, the famous citadel on the western shore of the Gulf of Kioni, regularly supplies the kingdom of Aeneia with first-class warriors and magicians. Divided into groups of four - quarts - the young pupils of the Cradle learn to fight as a team and prepare for a fighting career outside the citadel. But why was this fortress created in ancient times? What motivates the Supreme Guide of the Cradle of Heroes? Secret knowledge about an ominous altar that appears from the ground every few centuries and a thirst for power - even if won by the hands of children and teenagers. Will the thirty-eighth quart manage to stand in the way of the Supreme Mentor Shetta and prevent the bloody ritual??