Their meeting is accidental. Kanre is a servant without extraordinary skills, and Jarrak is the heir of one of the most powerful families of magic makers. A deadly disease is spreading across the country, war is threatening from the southern border, and conspiracies are brewing in the north - and it is against this background that their destinies will become intertwined.
This novel is a magical story set against the backdrop of the early modern era. But the first place here is humanity, given to the heroes at a heavy price. Will they rise against the cruel social inequality because, in Fran, everyone who does not possess magic is oppressed? Will they risk entering a battle with time, or will they be forced to submit to it?
About the author:
Nataliia Matolinets is a Ukrainian writer from Lviv, the author of the novels "Hesse" and "Academy of Amaterasu", books from the series about Varta Tarnovetska. Winner of the "Coronation of Words 2017" award in the "Novels" category for the work "Hesse"; this novel was also longlisted for the BBC Children's Book of the Year 2018, and Amaterasu Academy was in the top five of the BBC Children's Book of the Year 2019.
What is interesting about this book:
The author promises that this book will be somewhat different from the rest of her works, and the world described in it is sometimes uncomfortable and unusual but no less fascinating. The writer worked on the novel for two years, and even then, she included an epidemic in the plot, which made the story quite relevant.
