The hero of the novel is far from saving the world from the invasion of the World Evil or the Great Darkness. He saves only himself, and in order to preserve the person in himself, he is forced to give up almost everything that he considered truly his. The youngest child in the family, he saw one road ahead of him, the usual life path of a well-born person - wars, feasts , hunting, quarrels with neighbors. But carried away by the thirst for knowledge, the young man ran away from his native castle, deciding to devote himself to the study of magic. Contrary to expectations, all the magicians that the young man could reach refused to deal with him, and one even tried to kill him. Full of anger and resentment, the young man vowed to independently achieve magical power and take revenge...