Once every ten years, between the Watchers of Light and the Watchers of Darkness, the Forbidden Battles take place. People are not allowed to participate, but if a person offers their eidos, they can fight anyone who accepts the challenge. Mephodiy doesn’t need just any—he needs only one dark watcher: Dzhaff. After all, it is with him that the amulet is kept, in which for many years the soul of Airey’s wife has been languishing—Mephodiy’s teacher. Buslaev promised Mephodiy he would obtain the amulet no matter what it cost. But how do you defeat an opponent who fights with an invisible weapon that no one knows anything about? Or is Mephodiy destined to lose this battle?
The situation is complicated by the fact that Iрka will have to take the fallen from the fight—the junior manager of the necro-separation department, whom Mamsel’kina sees as her successor. And you can’t refuse—life of Bagrov and Babani is at stake.