Floodwaters come from the south and from the north. Throughout Aratta, terrible and astonishing events unfold.
In Belazore, before hundreds of people’s eyes, the tower of the main temple disappears. Khasta goes to investigate the miracle—and… he too disappears, managing to leave behind a birch-bark message with a mysterious drawing: a cracked skull, and from it, to the sky, reaches the first bloom…
In Byarma, a new Zarni Zyen has appeared—a harpist and a great sorcerer. The frightened, desperate people have pinned their hopes on him. “Saving yourself is very simple,” the holy singer claims. “All aryi must die—and then the flood will stop.”
In the steppes of the suryevs, the Wrathful Sun rises. The settlers from Aratta, hoping to wait out the flood there, ended up as sacrifices. But what became of the few who entered the forbidden dead city among the desert?..
The young ruler Ayur can’t find peace. “The sea is already threatening the capital, and I still don’t know what to do! For what was I born?!”
Aratta is on the brink of destruction. But it can still be saved. All that’s needed is one shot and one song…
The “Aratta” cycle is the first collaboration between the creator of the famous Wolfhound series, Maria Semyonova, and the talented Petersburg writer Anna Gurova, author of book series “The Prince of Silence,” “The Moon Warrior,” “The Book of Fire,” “Children of the Serpent,” and others in the popular fantasy genre.