Sivilla’s world faces a shock. Out on the steppe, a new, warlike cult of Khujghardzh is taking root. The earth shudders with the thunder of thousands of orc battle bulls. Blood soaks the silvery feather-grass. In the flames of civil war, the tribes perish.
The Ligirian Empire has been waiting its hour and, in secret, is preparing an invasion of Vangor. The principality of the Snow Elves is on the brink of collapse, brought on by the betrayal of the ruling houses. The Forest Principality is preparing for a hard and bloody war against the orcs.
Khujghardzh is training the troops of his followers for war against the empire. The world freezes before an unavoidable cataclysm.
All around, intrigues are woven, betrayals and murders occur. And at the center of it all is an ordinary student of a magical academy.