Father. King. Shadow. The year one thousand is drawing near. The world is shaking and changing, and Bolesław Mieszkowic – known as Chrobry – is closer than ever to fulfilling his dream of a royal crown. But power has its price. Something must always be sacrificed, someone always given up. The story of the first king of Poland is told by his children – Regelinda Miśnieńska and Mieszko II Lambert. She, living in a foreign land, tries to understand what demons haunt her father and reach out their claws for her brother. He grows up in the shadow of power, torn between love for his father and fear of his father's firstborn son, Bezprym. This is a chronicle of the birth of a kingdom, a memoir showing people caught in the storm of history, a confession of love and cruelty. BIOGRAPHY Grzegorz Gajek Life according to Greg Gajek begins in the summer of 1987. And it is simple. What is worth it? It is worth smoking a pipe on the balcony now and then, having a glass of wine with friends in the evening, talking nonsense by the campfire, climbing a mountain and getting lost in the forest, and wandering the streets of a strange city. It is also worth having books. Reading them, writing them, translating them. This is just what Greg has been doing for fifteen years. He reads everything that comes his way. He translates fiction, reportage and short stories. He writes historical and Slavic novels, only occasionally laced with fantasy and horror. In 2021 Wydawnictwo SQN published Piast, a year later Bolko, and in 2023 Tofa. Księżniczka Słowian, which, together with its sequel Tove. Królowa Duńczyków, won the hearts of thousands of readers. Finally, in 2024, it was the turn of Kraj kobiet, which is gathering excellent reviews.