About the book: 2004 / Princess Ataya, having safely fled from her native Kayta to the neighboring kingdom of Reika, continues her training in magical arts under the guidance of the wise Hedrick. Day after day, she learns the depths of her power and understands how much knowledge is still hidden from her. However, studying cannot make her forget the goal that Ataya set for herself in memory of her father and Tyler, who died through her fault - to return to Kayt to begin training the Lorngelds. This task is not only difficult - it is fraught with enormous risk, because Ataya's brother, King Darek, wants nothing more than to capture the princess and try her in an ecclesiastical court. The Kayta embassy has already left for Reika demanding the extradition of the fugitive…