About the book: 2009 / In this world, the stern people of the Highlands live in high castles, and almost all of them have a mysterious Gift, and in the peaceful villages and bustling cities of the Plateau There live ordinary people who do not know magic. However, both of them unquestioningly obey the will of the great magicians - the High Lords... Here, babies, struck by the mysterious Pale Undead, are given to be devoured by fierce mountain predators - this is an ancient custom. But one day, the sovereign Lord Hedrig allowed his young wife to save the life of his granddaughter Heina - a girl, afflicted by the Pale Undead. He could not even imagine what shocks his reckless compliance would lead to for the entire Mountainous Country.