Stolitsa pala. Darkling pravit Ravkoy. Otvetstvennost za sudbu strany lozhitsya na plechi slomlennoy zaklinatelnitsy Solntsa, opalnogo sledopyta i zhalkih ostatkov nekogda velikoy magicheskoy armii. Gorech porazheniya i tyagostnye mysli o bezradostnom buduschem podtachivayut ih sily, no Alina verit v luchshee – ee duh podderzhivayut poiski neulovimoy zhar-ptitsy i nadezhda, chto prints-izgnannik...