Alex has always thought of himself as an exceptionally lucky thief, but ever since that night in the museum everything has gone wrong. Not only did a talking mummy throw him into another world while saving him from the police, but now local law-keepers with flaming swords are on his tail. And all because the abilities have emerged to dispel any magic—and because Alex accidentally became an accomplice in the return of one of the local tyrant sorcerers. “He didn’t know!”—though what does that matter now? Besides, why does everyone take Alex for an elf, and elves in this world are very much disliked. And what’s he supposed to do? For now, there’s only one thing: run and hide—at least for the moment. And also hope for a hired killer who turns out to owe Alex his life, and for a patron goddess who considers the guy attractive enough to make him… her priest—along with his own intuition, which doesn’t stop insisting that the worst is still ahead.