Ligul knows how to take revenge for failures: Arey has been removed from managing the Russian department of Darkness and is on the run. He has only one chance to survive: find the Chaos card stolen from the Chancery of Tartarus. If the swordsman earns even a small merit in front of Darkness, it won’t be so easy for Ligul to destroy him. But this isn’t Arey’s only problem. It turns out his daughter is alive—and no one knows which side she will choose: Darkness or Light. The same choice confronts Meftodius. The General Guardian of Light Troil ordered his memory be erased so his eidose could be determined. And now Mef doesn’t remember either his love for Dafna or his service to Darkness…