This is the turning point in the political situation between the Empire of Elirov and the Shater Caliphate .. The War Begins . And yesterday's first-year magicians have to go to the fort on the border of two states to perform military service as ... to be honest, in a very uncertain quality, since only two of the famous five retained their abilities for the Craft. Zakeri Nickers has mastered an artifact capable of raising legions of the dead, but it turns out that everything must be paid for, including for unexpectedly acquired power. And ahead of him are dangerous Cursed Lands, inhabited by creatures mutated by constant magical influence, the search for the mysterious Temple of the Guardians and participation in the confrontation between the two Great Houses seeking to occupy the imperial throne.