About the book: 2007 / They say that there is always a choice. But you can refuse it. For a while. You can escape to the northern barbarian kingdom, get into the very wilderness, into the thicket of the plateau, where only monsters in all guises live, and in endless battles try to forget about choice, about love and duty. And yet, Fate will definitely find a loophole to force you to fulfill your destiny. Fate will grab you by the throat and force you to remember everything. And come back. In spite of the all-powerful enemies, in spite of Lady Winter, who tenaciously holds the inhabitants of the small border fortress in her arms. Is there always a choice? There is simply a choice…