Antip, a village boy from Belozemye, accidentally falls into the hands of a knife with magical powers that once belonged to the messenger of death, a representative of a powerful clan of merciless killers. This discovery radically changes Antipas' life. Under the threat of imminent reprisal, he is forced to embark on a journey through the Boundless World, during which he becomes acquainted with the history of his planet, which experienced a terrible cataclysm due to a breakthrough in transcendental reality. Antip communicates with the keepers of ancient secrets, gradually masters the combat magic of the terrible weapon that has fallen into his hands, and he himself becomes its next victim...