They say that a monster lives in the Prince's Mountains - a man turned into a dragon a thousand years ago. Sarmat is cunning and greedy, his halls full of treasures and prisoners, each of whom will not live until the next year. A stone horde led by his brother, the fearsome Yarkho the traitor, raids and thrills people from the southern lowlands to the ice of the north. An armed detachment takes Sarmata to the mercy: wealth and a dragon bride, blind Ratslava. And the girl has neither beauty nor a special gift - only a pipe that cuts her hands. Mountain ranges, snow-covered wastelands, robbers and werewolf sorcerers - this path will be long...