Fyodor Fonvizin is a young heir from one of the oldest families. From birth he is betrothed to Svetlana Romanova. But his father’s hopes that his son will one day lead the family have collapsed. The hero grows up—and it becomes clear that he has no magical gift, the kind that decides everything in this world. Which means that during the test he will most likely die. Accepting the inevitable, Fyodor burns through his life.
The aristocrats, including his father, have long written him off: some pity him, others despise him. But unexpectedly for everyone, the hero manages to develop a magical gift in himself—of what power! It throws many things off, including even his own father’s…