A person has the right to choose. But sometimes fate decides for him, and then all that remains is to act. The executors of the will of Amorph Conkere, who set out to destroy people and the Earth, kill the teacher and lover of Taras Gorshin, a martial arts master who has just become an Initiate of the Inner Circle, keeping the secret knowledge of humanity. Now the path of Taras is the path of a warrior, an avenger, a champion of justice. It will be long and difficult, because the enemies are strong and cruel, and their number is darkness.