Half-gods don’t just disappear without a trace. They can’t leave this world without passing on immortality and a gift… A Valkyrie was dying—dying, wounded by a sword that strikes even immortals. She was dying in the kitchen of the most ordinary of homes, on the floor, stained with her blood. Beside her lay Iría, who had fallen from a wheelchair and with horror and delight listened to the words of an unexpected “guest.” From now on, Irka becomes a valkyrie! No more helpless cripple. Now she must fight the third rider of darkness.
And soon she will learn that this is the ghost of the former ruler of darkness, Kvodnon, who has released his messenger through the Terrible Gates—and it was he who destroyed the valkyrie. Kvodnon intends to take shape in Methodius Buslaev. And if that happens…