The Last Gift. Book 1. The Thief

Ronnat is the creative pen name of a writer from Moscow. She writes in the genre of fantasy, most often epic fantasy, with serious attention to the world and characters she creates. This also applies to the duology “The Last Gift,” the first book of which we present in audio format.

In this world, people are divided into the Named and those who have no names. Everything is controlled by the Two-Faced goddess, who offers people her gifts in the form of a casket. Each casket is different, and what lies inside can turn out to be either a great blessing or sheer misfortune. Only the chosen can open such caskets—they are called the Invaluable.

Lika is one of the Invaluable, but her gift has a serious flaw: she doesn’t open the caskets right away, and she cannot open her own casket. One day, Lika is summoned to the palace to open the casket of the arrogant prince Sevir. But for some reason he absolutely doesn’t want that to happen. Nothing good awaits the young woman, but she must carry out the agreement; otherwise a deadly threat will hang over her and her family. The magical and captivating world of Arodana, a fresh take on the myth of Pandora, strong characters, and an engaging plot—everything is yours in a brilliantly performed audiobook. Listen!

Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich on the book: “The Last Gift” combines the poetic quality of an Eastern fairy tale with the drama of a medieval chivalric romance. The expansive, carefully conceived world that Ronnat creates becomes the ideal setting for a stirring story—one that makes room for both magical artifacts and a mysterious caste of chosen ones, dizzying plot twists, and even parallels to today’s reality that are quite unexpected for traditional fantasy.”