Anna Nimf and Alan Kors take on investigations where magic hides behind ordinary crimes: bewitched mirrors, strange artifacts, and creatures that feed on human joy. Their job is to protect people from dark forces in a city where, from time to time, dangerous relics resurface—and where the police’s resources are not always enough. Then the Bureau of Magical Investigations steps in.
Anna and Alan know how to pull an elderly woman out of the trap of a magic mirror, prevent darkness from taking hold of an ancient manuscript, and stop the bewitched bullets flying straight toward the heart. But the artifacts are only part of the threat: far worse are daemons that live right alongside ordinary townspeople, draining people of joy and tearing the very fabric of the soul. Let Alan always keep making jokes and staying light, and let Anna be meticulous and attentive to details—the one thing they share is the goal to make the lives of city residents safer and find a way once and for all to put an end to the daemons.