The dark queen who rules with an iron hand. A monster that threatens everyone alive. A hero destined to defeat them. Many fairy tales are about this. But what if you fell into an evil fairy tale, where you are destined to die on the first pages? Cellist Eva is prophesied to become a hero, but she dies before she has time to accomplish what was intended. Only one necromancer has his own plans for her. And necromancers cannot be prevented by such a trifle as death. Embroiled in a deadly conspiracy, existing on the edge between life and nothingness, can Eve find happiness? And is it possible to deceive fate, which promises that the price of victory is its death? A novel by Evgenia Safonova, author of the popular cycles "Liar's Dark Games" and "The Forbiden Saga." The first book of dilogy, which is permeated with the atmosphere of music and death. A non-standard author's world and an unusual main character whose story begins with the fact that she died.