About the book: year / ...The star of Artemis Riordan, investigating the case of the century, is finally rising on the horizon of the Sacral. Where did the Kastervi galley, on board of which they were transporting priceless cargo, go? What has the Von Rhyne family been silent about for several centuries? Where did the persecution of Quintessence come from? Will the long, grueling war end with the death of the Necromancer? And how will widower Vincent Blackwell and his little son continue to live? A gloomy and dim light will be shed on these questions - the same as that illuminated by the mourning Sacral, which is being watched from the sky by the far from crystalline gaze of the cloudy eyes of the Guiding Star..