About the book: year / After a three-year siege, Lord Kern, the dark magician, is dead. The magic left Tredar, and life almost returned to normal. For everyone except Maren. Before the siege, Kern's attack left Maren dying, a bit of magic stuck deep within her. And now for some reason it has been activated, allowing her to “see” the truth: that her world is just a magical illusion, and the hero of the kingdom is not a hero at all. But because of this gift, Maren is constantly in pain, afraid that she will soon die. And no one believes her suspicions that another dark magician has appeared, that Tredar is still in danger, maybe even worse than under Kern. The future of the country is in the hands of a man who has sworn revenge on the king, and Maren must show the truth to at least someone. Unfortunately, the only one who would be strong enough to help is the one she cannot trust. She almost married him, but he left her and disappeared for three years. Tredar is crumbling around them, and Maren must convince him to help before the king is killed by the hero he reveres, and before magic takes Maren's life.