About the book: 2020 / In the world of four islands, the Law of Steps divided people into “vagabonds” and “sedentary”, forced to sacrifice freedom for the sake of security: invisible astshi give them wonderful strength, but tied to the house; long-distance absence threatens inevitable death. City children can rarely choose their fate: having ended up in prison on charges of murder, Naya and Hono Orto had no hope of getting out. However, a strange stranger helped them escape. They have made a difficult journey to the residence of the powerful Order - but instead of offering protection, the caretaker intends to hand them over to a mysterious white priest... At the same time, in the distant Iron Bay, caretaker Val Runl is trying to unravel the mysteries of the miners and prevent a riot that is about to break out in the city, and Commander Irgis Saen hurries along the dusty roads of the island to meet the one with whose permission this fire is breaking out. But what is her true purpose?