If a little bird gets tangled up in clever intrigues, it’s time to remember its wings. If a king arranges a wedding by force with one hand, and with the other hand tries to drag a girl into the alcove, then the bird has claws. And if the path back to the native world lies through a deal and marriage with the necromancer—the terrible Black Raven of His Majesty—then the main thing is to stay alive. After all, the necromancer would turn the bride into a zombie so she can’t run away again. But will the Raven be able to handle Tamara Korshunova—the bird from another world, smart and resourceful?