About the book: 2014 / Quiet life in the Russian Empire. Steamboats sail along the rivers. Balls and receptions are held in cities. And even the last uprising was suppressed long ago. But in the mysterious forests of Zagorje there is a life of its own. Monsters come out of the rivers. Ghouls breed in the villages. In the damn mills, sorcerers work their magic, and the last priest of the Snake-Hair is looking for a way to open the underground gates and release his master into the world. And there are two opposing them all - the young princess Vladislava Zagorskaya, who herself does not know her destiny, and the former witcher, an escaped convict who actually did not want to save anyone.