In the family of a respected merchant, inexplicable and ominous events begin to unfold. One of his relatives has made a pact with the Dark God, leaving a passage to another world open. Now anyone who looks into the cursed mirror will see their own death. What does this have to do with me, Baron Vuldij of the infamous line of Suryin? The most direct thing! Too many other people’s secrets, Inquisition intrigues, and games of demons have tangled into a tight knot. I will have to solve this problem without using rituals of black necromancy, otherwise I risk losing not only my life, but my soul.