Karkhem is an orc of the хаватов clan, a conqueror and hater of humankind—he swore to restore to his people their former greatness and won’t stop at anything. Eyva is a human woman—an unfortunate soul who, by the will of fate, ended up in the hands of the very chieftain. From now on, her fate is to be a concubine; from now on, her destiny is the chosen one of this irreconcilable orc. And she can’t leave him or hide…