About the book: 2019 / I, Hilda, Mage of the Northern Kingdom from an old and seedy family, was supposed to live a quiet, happy life. However, everything changed overnight: mine the engagement did not take place only because the heralds of the new king announced the beginning of the selection of brides for their master, and by blood of my family I was obliged to be among the contenders. It would seem an enviable fate for the younger branch of Mages, but the trouble is that any chosen one, having given birth to an heir, loses her voice and soon dies altogether. I must avoid the crown and at the same time not anger the king. And may the Dark Gift help me with this! The first book of the dilogy.