...The red leopard was preparing to jump. The tattoo on Nikita’s shoulder snaked mysteriously, and he still couldn’t figure out: was it reality or a fantasy? But the very first hunt showed that the family sign passed on by his grandfather, and Koschey with his subjects - witches, goblins, brownies, kikimors, and animals from beyond the Black Stones - the earthly border, which was guarded by the descendants of the ancient family of boyars Basanovs, and much more , incomprehensible, unprecedented, fabulous - not fiction. Here they are, nearby: the careful and charming werewolves Rudolf and Melissa, the faithful house-elf Filya, the Master of the Forest himself and his wife Baba Yaga. And their tasks are the same as those of people - to survive themselves and protect their native nature. This means that together they need to fight otherworldly evil spirits that are trying to penetrate into the earthly world... And even to reason with earthly nonhumans: all sorts of ghouls, dwarfs, marauders who have lost their conscience. And here any weapon comes into play: fangs and claws, spells, ancient crossbows, and just modern carbines with machine guns.