Christmas holidays begin at Spence School. Gemma Doyle and her friends—Felicity and Anne—go to London to spend the festive days with their families. Completely unexpectedly, Gemma starts getting courted by a handsome young man from London high society—Simon Middleton. But no matter how pleasant his attention and his high social standing are, Gemma can’t forget Kartik. A mysterious Indian young man connected to the Rakshasa brotherhood won’t leave her mind… For the first time in Russian, the second book of the cult trilogy “The Great and Terrible Beauty”! Attention! Contains information about narcotic or psychotropic substances, the use of which is dangerous to health. Their illegal trafficking entails criminal liability.