In the Book of Fate it is written that Mehodiy Buslaev will pass through the labyrinth of the Temple of the Eternal Ristalish on the day of his thirteenth birthday. The boy—born at the very moment of a complete solar eclipse—absorbed the secret fear of millions of mortal beings. It was then that the gift awakened in him. By that gift, without even realizing it, he accumulates all sorts of energies from those around him: love, pain, fear, delight, anger—and transforms them into absolute magic. His gift, and what he will bring out of the Temple of the Eternal Ristalish, are needed by the guards of Darkness, and also by the guards of Light… How can one remain oneself, having to choose between Light and Darkness? Mehodiy will have to find the answer himself…