Because of bad weather, the Cordossian artificer Tolleus and his pupil became stuck in a remote village. You’d think that in these days of forced idleness you could relax and do the things that have been waiting their turn. But not quite — neither the Chamber of the Empire’s Defense of Cordos nor the “Sleepless Eye” has lost sight of their artificer. Yet even without that, there are plenty of enemies: literally everyone is trying, if not to kill him, then at least to use him for their own ends. At the same time, it gradually becomes clear that everything around is not as simple as it seems at first glance. Oddities and riddles slowly intertwine into a tight knot that it becomes vital to untangle.