About the book: 2019 / Several months have passed since the coronation of the Duchess of Elvart, when, at the cost of the life of Lady Yana from the ducal guard, they managed to foil an assassination attempt on the young ruler. A killer from another world, where magic does not work, but technology is developed, was put to flight - but not caught. Winter is over, and the duchess faces a long journey to the imperial capital. Her guards believe that the killer will not miss such a chance - and again hires the smallest free company in the Borderlands, which had already opposed the alien before…