During an evening walk through one of the Moscow parks, professional gamer Gleb Pogodin witnesses a contract murder. The dying stranger gives him a silver case containing a large emerald. From this moment on, Gleb’s life goes downhill: he is being followed, a secret search is being carried out in his apartment, he sees unusual dreams. But these are only harbingers of ominous events in which Pogodin will become a participant. He will meet terrible creatures - werewolves, vampires and ruthless magicians, step beyond the Veil and learn the terrible truth about our world - the world of “12 spheres”. The novel is based on real events.