Song of the Shrike. Long live the prince!

Life in Romus and the Forbidden Lands is heated to the limit by intrigues and secrets. Friends become more dangerous than enemies, and enemies turn into allies. Gauthier realizes that Skaryel is not who he seems. Now the pureblood wants to learn the whole truth, and for that, he will go to great lengths. Jerome is no longer willing, as a trusting lower, to follow Skaryel and intends to stop him. The struggle intensifies when Commander Frank Lafar, the Octavian rat-catcher, enters the game. His target becomes Skaryel Low — the first half-blood in the entire history of Octavia to be admitted to the Academy of Saints and Greats. Long live the PRINCE! Long live OCTAVIA! Long live the FORBIDDEN LANDS!