Believe in the gods? Yeah, right—I’d rather not! The gods didn’t help my mother, even though she was one of them; the gods killed me, simply because they were afraid. But those divine freaks probably don’t know that I didn’t die for good—thanks to the shadows. And now I’m in a new world, a world with gods, demons, and a clan where no one worships those gods, which is why they don’t really like us here. Heh, the best I could ask for. Very soon this world will understand that the Rasputins aren’t as weak as it seems—especially when their new Master of Shadows arrives!