A mortal danger looms over the union of Argonate cities of the Rose Empire. In the underground laboratories of the city of Skull, the gloomy Tummuz Orgmein, thousands of armies of demons are produced. The ruler of the city - Inexorable Rock, an eerie artificial creation of the mysterious Lords from Padmas - is making plans to take over the world. In the city of Marneri, an agent of Doom kidnaps the heir to the throne. In pursuit of the kidnapper, a small detachment of Captain Kesepton - soldiers and battle dragons led by the supreme witch Lessis of Valmes - undergoing incredible trials, reaches the walls of the city of death and challenges Doom himself. These and many other adventures await readers of the heroic fantasy novel “Basil Tailbreaker” by American science fiction writer Christopher Rowley.