A parallel world full of magic, secrets and strange inhabitants... Ilya Lapin has long dreamed of visiting it. As part of the expedition, he confidently stepped into the witchcraft lands and encountered a reality that was not even close to the dense Middle Ages. This civilization is not only not inferior in development to its native world. A little more and the powerful witchcraft empire will crush first the daring aliens, and then their planet. The earth is under threat. Magicians are omnipotent. Hordes of the undead are ready to break loose. Ilya will have to solve all the mysteries of the universe in order to save his native parallel. And his only allies are a magician who is forced to cooperate with otherworldly people. And how do you understand who is in front of you - a friend or an enemy?