Dlya chastnogo detektiva dazhe v rossiyskoy glubinke vsegda naydetsya interesnaya rabota. Osobenno esli k nemu obratilsya ochen" bogatyy i ochen" zagadochnyy chelovek s pros"boy otyskat" nekiy tainstvennyy drevniy artefakt. No zadanie, kotoroe na pervyy vzglyad kazhetsya ne ochen" slozhnym i sulit khoroshiy gonorar, na dele mozhet okazat"sya tyazheleyshim ispytaniem.Privychnaya real"nost" ischeznet, strannaya prostranstvennaya anomaliya otkroet vkhod v novyy fantasticheskiy mir, gde zemli,naselennye lyud"mi napominayut krepost", okruzhennuyu so vsekh storon, gde obychnym delom yavlyaetsya temnaya magiya i idet voyna mezhdu klanami oborotney, i klyuchom k razgadke vsego proiskhodyashchego yavlyaetsya tainstvennyy mag-menestrel", obladayushchiy neveroyatnym darom Slova.