Renegade

The whole of existence is permeated by the heavenly ether, and those who know how are able to touch it, weave it into spells, and use it for their own purposes. And not always for the benefit of those around.
Black magicians who have sworn allegiance to the princes of the beyond are ready to sacrifice everyone and everything to the rulers of the otherworld—just to achieve their goal.

The task of identifying renegades among scholars is entrusted to the Universal Commission on Ethics. Filipp Oleander von Cheren is a master-investigator—young and ambitious. He is a ritualist and an initiate of secret arts, but instead of a magical staff he prefers a pair of pistols covered with arcane formulae, and his assistants are mercenaries and swordsmen. Filipp doesn’t give up on even the most tangled cases, isn’t afraid of dirt and blood—because he has his own scores to settle with the black magicians. Of course, there are also skeletons in his closet. That’s not for nothing—hence his nickname: the Renegade…