Sunny Latruria breathed a sigh of relief - the bloodthirsty king, who professed Evil with enviable tenacity, gave his soul to his beloved Darkness. But the relieved sigh quickly turned into a groan of horror, for an heir ascended to the throne who equally did not recognize either Evil or Good. Fate called to the magician - minstrel Matt Mantrell, a great expert in the magic of words, clothed in rhyme. He despised any danger - especially the slander of poetic critics. And encounters awaited him along the way, each more monstrous than the other: a young man tormenting the world with his unhappy love, a fanged boor manticore, a malicious Greek ghost - and this is not the worst!..