About the book: year / This is the ninth of the novels in the epic saga of J. Norman about the mysterious planet Horus - the twin of the Earth. Having returned from wanderings through the northern forests, the fearless Terl Cabot is forced to learn from your own experience what the life of a cripple is like: the wounds received during the battle with the Tyros warriors do not heal. It turns out that the sword of the insidious enemy was saturated with poison, and a bleak existence awaits the brave Bosk in the future. But a new terrible threat has arisen. Disregarding pain and danger, the captain sets off to the distant northern Torvaldsland in search of his sworn enemy - the demonic Curia, who devoured alive the beautiful Telima, whom Terl passionately loved.…