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The Russian prince Mikhail and young Tiche are children of different peoples, different worlds and different gods. The love between the young warrior and the lamia-witch seems impossible, but it overcomes every prohibition, setting the wheel of fate in motion. From now on, the future of his native Parma — an ancient, harsh land infused with the miraculous power of the bloody pagan gods — depends on Mikhail alone. Here heroes and ghosts, princes and shamans, Voguls and Muscovites collide. Here, parting with life is not as frightening as choosing between duty, loyalty to one's brotherhood, and love for the only woman in the world.