The Necromantic Wars died down, and the surviving sorcerers retired, making their refuge a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, reliably hidden by elementals from prying eyes and accessible only to those initiated into the secret of its existence. But once every ten years, the doors of the Academy are thrown open, and another crowd students who want to master the intricacies of magic sit down at the desks of the lecture hall of Starndal Castle. Among the other first-year students in the forties of the twenty-first century is Eric, a modest boy from Russia. An amazing world will open before him, where the rarities of ancient civilizations coexist peacefully with the gadgets of the modern era, and interdimensional portals can easily transport him to worlds inhabited by fairy-tale creatures. Here he will find true friends, and together with them he will not only gnaw on the granite of the witchcraft sciences, but also set off to meet his first adventures. And at the same time, you will be faced with the far-reaching interests of some of the inhabitants of the island, which are in no way related to its further prosperity.