Devoted to the sun, Misha constantly prayed and carried light to those whom shadows tried to consume. But one day she found herself in the shadow. The Prince of the House of Shadows turned a young priestess into a vampire by force—now she faces execution for killing the prince, abandoned by her deity Atroxyus and deprived of magical powers. But at the moment when the sword was ready to deal the fatal blow, her salvation—or perhaps even an even crueler punishment—arrives. Azar, the illegitimate brother of the murdered prince, saves Misha for a reason: she is needed for resurrecting the god of death. Misha must set out on a dangerous journey into the underworld, face terrible creatures, fight the nightmares of the past, and choose between light and shadow. In her quest for redemption, Misha promises Atroxyus to destroy the god of death after he returns to life—thereby betraying Azar. However, light doesn’t only warm; it can also burn. And in the shadows hide treasures Misha never even dreamed of: magic, light as air, and love free as a bird. The beginning of a two-part story about shadow-born vampires—first time in Russian!