The Malazan Book of the Fallen has not yet been written. Several thousand years have passed since the birth of the Malazan Empire, with its endless claims on neighboring states, bloody wars, and cruel rulers. But even pre-imperial times are not exactly peaceful. The shadow of civil war hangs over the kingdom of Kurald Galain. A woman of mere mortals, having acquired the gift of magic, calls herself Mother Darkness, a goddess, the embodiment of Darkness. Not everyone is pleased with this new deity, especially her favorite, Draconus. The local nobility prefers the upstart favorite of the renowned warrior Urusander. Near Kurald Galain, on the border of its Outer Reaches, lies the Sea of ​​Vitr; its waters are capable of dissolving even stone, so saturated are they with poison. But one day, from its poisonous waters emerges the sorceress T'rissa. She can create anything from anything she can lay her hands on, and then bring these creations to life. Trissa's memory has been erased; the only thing she's certain of is that her path and Mother Darkness's will inevitably cross in the near future... For the first time in Russian!