Max, formerly Maximilian Valyevsky, begins to understand what it means to be “dark” in a world where the light rules. They use him, hate him, fear him, and try to kill him at the first opportunity—but the main hero is ready to endure any trials, just to achieve his goal: to take revenge on Duke Odoevsky for the death of his family. And on the way to that goal, every obstacle will be swept aside.