The Morozov Bratva vow: Family First, Always. I've always straddled the line between the Bratva and my art - destruction and danger vs. creation and beauty. But my hand is gone now, and with it, the part of me capable of creating something more in this life. Liria Krasniqi is the last of the Krasniqi Mob. Her dying father is begging to make amends for his attack on our family by giving us everything he has: as long as Liria's part of the deal. Marry the daughter of the man who cost me my hand? I'll do it. But she'll spend the rest of her life paying for what I've lost. My soul.
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.