Apprentice of Shadows

Even yesterday, anyone would have laughed in my face if I’d said that on the worst day of my life I’d end up in a world where magic rules. A parallel reality, all sorts of creatures from different corners of the Universe, a Central World. Seriously? Do you believe it?

My name is Nikita, surname Savelyev. I’m just a middle-school student. And yes, it looks like I got pretty hard on the head when I managed to trip and fall into that unfortunate hatch—otherwise how else could I explain the fact that I’m standing on the doorstep of one of the largest Schools for fighting monsters from the Dark Universe?

You’d think I should be happy—any boy’s dream is coming true. What could possibly be wrong? Believe me, it can.