Victor Glukhov, who, after dying, finds himself in a magical world and in the body of the son of a local baron, is recruited by a metamorph agent of the Galactic Security Service, left there under the modest name of the “Administrative Interrogation.” In the world where our compatriot ends up, a confrontation is underway between a criminal syndicate and agents of the special service AD. The criminals deal in smuggling extracts and substances with magical components obtained from the organs of living and intelligent beings. These are used to rejuvenate and extend the lives of the richest residents of the United Worlds of Humanity. Our hero begins to understand that he is a toy in the hands of local gods and that he will have to work very hard to move from a simple pawn to a queen. And ahead is a race across the steppe, with death keeping pace.