The main character of the novel - officer and philosopher Sergei Kostrov - against his will, becomes involved in a series of mystical events that began on the morning of the tragic death of his father, General Kostrov. At the same time, Sergei’s cousin, Elena, having learned about the death of her uncle, begins to fight for the general’s rich inheritance. She turns to the ancient pagan gods for help, not at all suspecting the dangerous consequences that such actions lead to... In the first part, the reader will meet a mysterious magician named Zagreus and a strange monk Chariton, travel to Mount Kiferon and the mysterious Interworld, and He will also find out what family secret Sergei and Elena’s grandmother kept for many years, why the siblings suddenly became enemies and what happened to the young star of the Svyatogorsk Opera and Ballet Theater...