After fierce battles, Tavi Calderon finally concluded a peace treaty with the wild Canim, the ancient enemies of Alera, and went on a diplomatic mission to the mainland of Kenya. And there, the swarm civilization the Vord ravaged the lands of the Kanim for three years, turning them into a real desert, and now it is destroying the last pockets of resistance. The Alerans, cut off from their ships, were trapped. Now the alliance with the Kanim is being tested on the battlefield: in order to survive, yesterday’s opponents are forced to rely on each other. Alera with her furies for a thousand years faced numerous enemies and survived all the invasions. But a thousand years have expired. For the first time in Russian!