Our fellow countryman Pavel Alekseevich Shiryaev, by the will of fate, ends up in a magical academy. But the villainous fate sends him there already as an adult—seating him at the same desk with seventeen-year-old students of a curses magic discipline. Studying isn’t just hard; fate, as if mocking him, keeps throwing one trial after another.
And he has to roll up his sleeves and try on different roles: the robe of an inquisitor, the armor of an imperial commander, and even a turban and a ride on a camel—saving a loved one.
Meanwhile, fate doesn’t sleep. The fifth, final year of training at the academy begins, and the moment gets closer when the hero will have to become the last hope of this world—an Unchosen One by fate.