Zlata is a witch who committed a crime and was stripped of magic. It seems her lot is to spend the rest of her life in archives—and she has almost accepted this. Until her former boss appears and offers her a case: go to a small town and find out why witches are disappearing there. Zlata understands that she’s being used as a decoy—but she goes anyway; the risk is more interesting than archive dust. And the town is waiting… and it hides not only ancient secrets, but also keys to Zlata’s past.