Even if you manage to escape alive from the enemy’s lair, protect your beloved from death, and share the joy of victory with your friends, it doesn’t mean Fortuna has turned toward you. Andrei Fetrov begins to understand this clearly when, instead of returning to his familiar reality, he finds himself in a cruel world of short warriors. There, the chances of getting caught by bloodthirsty predators or getting hit on the head with a club are much greater than simply making it through to morning—especially after he learns who is behind the creation of wounds that never heal, recently linking three realities at once. These wounds are so dangerous they can destroy everything living. And a cure? Maybe it exists. Somewhere out there, at the junction of the three worlds.