Wizards and sorcerers have long since been brought out in Rus'; only the last keepers of ancient knowledge took refuge in remote Meshchera. The time had come for them to gather together for advice: there was a sign that a great misfortune was looming over the country. They were the first to be sent to distant Pskov, to meet a formidable enemy, the Meshchera sorcerer Falcon. The terrible face of universal destruction appeared before him. And the sorcerers stood up in defense of Rus' side by side with the priests, the wurds side by side with the princes. But some people are not averse to warming their hands in the fire of battle...The second book in the “Meshchera Magi” series.