I work at the School of Apothecaries—a bleak refuge for poor orphan students. There’s nowhere—winds, dampness, and cold—indifferent teachers, and me: a regular administrator, and a very mediocre mage. A student died—“an accident,” said the old gendarme. The director of the School barely avoided death. And then…
Tragedies follow one after another, and I start to wonder: who will be next? All of this looks like a coincidence—very much like a coincidence. I try to find an explanation for these strange deaths, and suddenly I learn that the ancient evil is to blame.
A Victorian detective story in a fantasy setting.