The Ritual

Anton Lisovoy, a detective in the Criminal Police, had a fairly ordinary life. His boss is an orc, an affair with a sixty-year-old elf woman, and excellent relationships with colleagues at work. But when someone in the city starts performing dark rituals—and the Silver Section gets involved, an organization that monitors those who wield magic—everything becomes much more complicated. And then there’s that strange girl too—it feels like she’s seeing dwarves for the first time in her life!