About the book: year / Erica is in danger. She is forced to flee the capital, so she accepts an appointment as a teacher in a provincial town. She will be teaching a new subject... ignorant people think it's magic and Erica is a witch! There are a lot of strange things going on in the town of Cripwood. Superstitious townspeople live in fear of the character of the old legend, the robber Joachim Grubb, who takes those he doesn’t like into his forest full of ghosts. Erica also has a real enemy - local rich man and head of the board of trustees Cornelius Roberval, a man with a dead look, bad character and a big secret. But what if your enemy becomes your lover??