Tryvali mandry stril′tsya Rolanda dobihayut′ kintsya. Prote real′nyy svit i chudozhniy nastil′ky pereplitayut′sya, scho vzhe samomu Kinhu zahrozhuye smertel′na nebezpeka. TSinoyu nadzvychaynych zusyl′ heroyi ryatuyut′ zhyttya pys′mennykovi, a vin — yim. I nareshti dosyahnena omriyana meta — Bahryanoho Korolya peremozheno, noha stril′tsya stupaye na schody Temnoyi vezhi, vin pidnimayet′sya dedali vysche. Verchivka Vezhi — final istoriyi, het′ ne ochikuvanyy, ne toy, yakoho prahne chytach i… navit′ sam pys′mennyk, a toy, scho yoho vymahaye nadistoriya.