Conrad Kerz had the darkest fate among all the ghosts, the immortal sons of the Emperor. He grew up in the darkness of Nostramo, the planet of the worst representatives of humanity, thieves and murderers. And is it any wonder that the ghost became the embodiment of horror, known as the Night Ghost? Before you - the tragic story of how the head of the legion of the Lords of the Night turned into a monster, into a living weapon that terrorizes the hearts of enemies He once served the Empire faithfully. But seeing the depth of the madness into which the universe plunged, and the hypocrisy of his father, unable to love, Conrad accepted the only thing that remained at least some sense. The story of Kerz, from the blood-soaked slums of hive cities on his home planet to the last sad days of the rebellious mayor, is unlike the story of his ghost brothers. The story of him runs to the bones...