A world in which magic has replaced technology, and people are no longer the crown of creation. A world, power over which has passed to the Superior Races, and those who do not agree with this live on the Bottom - in the literal and figurative sense. Instead of mobile phones there are charms, instead of implants there are amulets, instead of assault rifles there are fighting rods. Lance van der Toot is a private detective. Agreeing to return home the runaway girl, he does not even suspect that soon everyone will begin hunting for him - from the Elven Security to the Red Angels. The chain of events pulls him into a whirlpool, from which it will be very difficult to get out. And very, very much depends on whether he succeeds.