About the book: year / Fantasy. A coming of age novel. A novel of craftsmanship. When masters arrive in the town of Donye of the Samora allotment to recruit students, the life of thirteen-year-old Elga Galkava changes irrevocably. Unexpectedly for herself, she becomes a student of Unissa Maru, the master of leaves. Now her life is roads, lessons, fatigue, pain in her fingers. And leaves, leaves, leaves. A huge sak with leaves. At the same time, somewhere in the west, another master begins his campaign. Master of Death. Their meeting is apparently inevitable.