When the Goths besieged Rome, the Roman sorcerers, in desperation, summoned beastmen from the unknown. Since then, for several hundred years, intelligent descendants of wolves, bears and foxes have been fighting with the Empire for existence in the Ecumene. Lieutenant of the rangers Bernt Servius, nicknamed Rustle, unexpectedly finds himself involved in a chain of political intrigues between people and beasts. And every move in this game is not without sacrifices.