The Beast, the Casket, and a Little Magic

War, love, intrigues, and dark forces—why dream about it while sitting on the couch in a cozy room? But that’s not what awaits the young magicians of the Faculty of Earth. Again and again, they find themselves in the thick of events. Sometimes large-scale, like war, sometimes more personal, like the fate of two lovers—yet it’s still unknown what is more dangerous. When Zлатко Sinekrily actually opened the casket sent to him by someone, did he really think he would be pulled into the whirlpool of history and other people’s lives, full of fire and darkness? Was he ready for the fact that he would have to choose between love and duty, life and honor? Was he ready for injuries and the loss of magic? No—but could he really stop?