About the book: year / After hot days come cold nights. A terrible murder takes place under the walls of the royal capital. A prominent scholar and priest is sacrificed to the Night Mother, goddess of the dark elves. The Church is indignant. The chief royal priest demands immediate punishment for those responsible. Tertius Velasco returns to his hometown as an expert to confirm or deny the involvement of the dark elves, but against his will he finds himself drawn into the investigation. The only evidence is a mysterious painting depicting the moment of the murder. Weapons include only flair and ingenuity. But will this be enough to catch the killer? Especially when it is no longer status and money that are at stake, but one’s own life. People say: even the longest night comes to an end. The dark elves only smile condescendingly in response.