The world has become different: trees have grown through pavements and buildings, humanity has gone wild, water is worth its weight in gold, poorer clans pay tribute to злоприм глоссам—including with people. Seventeen-year-old Lissa was supposed to become the concubine of someone, but after being struck by lightning, she gains the gift of controlling electricity. She is a living battery for electrical devices that nobody uses anymore.
The Gloss Edar has stood guard over the Law for many years, but he himself breaks it, balancing on the edge of life and death. A risky attempt to understand the riddles of the “people of the past” will lead them to uncover the secret of the real thing. But some mysteries cost far too much. What will Edar and Lissa have to pay for them?
The book includes scenes of alcohol use.