A chain of circumstances inexorably pushes Irridar Tan Abbay, Count of the Wangor Kingdom, to go to the Snow Principality to secure a place on the throne for his student of the Academy of Magic, Tora-ilu— the granddaughter of the late Great One. He understands that if the supporters of an alliance with the Eternal Forest come to power in the Snow Principality, they will subjugate the orc steppe, and the followers of Hujhgarh—the spirit of vengeance—will be exterminated. Then death will come for him and his loved ones.
But a chain of unpleasant events begins to pursue him, preventing him from setting out.
In space, a separate drama unfolds as the leadership of the AD Administration over a closed sector is intercepted.
On Veisa, on the Mother Planet, a hunt has begun.