Trouble will find you. They watch you through mirrors. “Your mother was twenty-seven when this happened to her. Now you're twenty-seven, this will happen to you.” Alex's skin broke out in goosebumps. After all, it was at the age of twenty-seven that his mother was overtaken by madness... Someone, probably, is frightened by such an age, but to Alex, a struggling artist living in the western United States, it seems simply catastrophically terrible. Having inherited a large amount of land, he should have been rich and happy... But his birthday... his name... and this strange woman whose life he had just saved... He and everyone he loves were suddenly under threat. The threat of monstrous cruelty that knows no mercy. What will you do if your own reflection is against you?..

The book is considered a continuation of the series about Richard Cypher (Rala) and Kelen Amnel, but this is not entirely true, the actions of the book take place in 90 (approximately) years of our time in the USA, They talk about a world without magic. The book tells about Jensen Rahl's descendant - Alex, and his destiny to influence the world.