There is always an enemy. An enemy who wants your land, your wealth, your resources. That’s understandable, that’s familiar—that fits a person’s worldview, a civilization built on struggle. But what if the enemy doesn’t need any of the things listed above? What if the only resource it’s interested in is your body? Even not that—your identity? Your mind, your memories, and your thoughts. And how do you fight an enemy if it isn’t even material? Ivan Polishykh, yesterday a student who became a novus and a clan leader, doesn’t know the answer to that question. But he knows one thing for certain: if a patient wants to live, medicine is powerless!