An annotation from the first volume so as not to spoil anything (the annotation was stolen from this volume by Denis; he thought it was a good joke):
My name is Gleb Afanasyev, and I am the Void. They consider me scum, unworthy to be called a human being. I have no Gift. No abilities. No future.
But when the legendary S-class mage died, defending Petersburg from a rift, his Gift chose me. For the first time in all of history, a Void has gained power!
And with it— a System that exists only for me. And a deathbed message: “Soon the Gifts will begin disappearing from the world. And only you can stop it...”