Urban fantasy retro. Fifteen years have passed since the end of the civil war, which restored the legendary monarchy and included magical fairy allies into human society. But someone, somewhere, turns invisible levers, throws pebbles into the water - and Midnight breaks into the world of people. Former sapper, and now peaceful artist Ramiro Ilen and his friend and fellow soldier, the twilight fairy Day, find themselves on opposite sides of the barricades. The queen of a small seaside country sells her soul for her land and her people, but alas, this is not enough. A prince who disappeared eight hundred years ago returns from Midnight and tries to understand why he returned. A huge midnight serpent rises from the sea, destroying the sea and air fleet, flashes of searchlights strip the sky full of swirling evil spirits. Curfew, air raid warning, white Sluagh hounds rushing through the abyss-black streets of the northern city. How to survive in this war, how to end this war, because it is impossible to defeat Midnight? From the author: The novel consists of two parts. Retro - because the time of the novel corresponds to about 50 years of the last century.