About the book: 2009 / Far in the north of the Empire of Light, fenced off from the world of the living by an invisible barrier, stretch the icy gorges of the Abyss - the places where the god of Death took those he created when -creatures Not all of them: some of the demons betrayed him, going over to the side of the goddess of Life. Bound by a deadly oath, they are now forced to serve her. Trapper Hean hates the oath that binds him and strives to gain freedom - at any cost. But, trying to achieve his goal, he finds himself drawn into a long-standing confrontation between the gods... And now the moment is approaching when hordes of monsters will pour into the land blessed by Aelera, sweeping away everything in their path…