Troubled times are coming to the blessed Valley of Magi. The Guild of Battle Mages has reached its peak: orders from different worlds are pouring in one after another, other Guilds demand escort on journeys, and there simply aren’t enough battle mages for everyone. However, the Valley’s laws—set by the Founders themselves—ban any expansion. Then Richard d’Assini, head of the Guild, calls for the law to be changed. So Clara Hummel, a battle mage hired on contract, finds herself caught between two fires—in the conflict between her Guild and the Archmage of the Valley, Ignatius Copper.
And at the same time, far from here, a young magical creature hunter named Evarha receives an extremely unusual assignment.
And nobody suspects that these events are tightly connected—and that they will lead to a real catastrophe…