Blood Magic

Eve Kurakina—the artifactory mage—was decided to celebrate her birthday among friends and loved ones. But after the celebration, when the guests started leaving, someone attacked them, and the Keeper Magnus was seriously injured. While his daughters were fending off the attack, having summoned reinforcements from the Kurakina estate, the enemy slipped into Magnus’s house, took a small souvenir, and wounded the Head of the Guards.

Trying to make sense of what happened, the Kurakinas and Magnus’s family come to several conclusions: the enemy needs small magical artifacts—especially those stained with the owner’s blood. The criminal is a High Mage with a unique ability to break through any protection, and he is carrying out an unclear plan to take a place in the Circle of Keepers of Balance…