Could the young herbalist Shadow have imagined that her admission to the magic academy would result in a series of mysterious events? The measured everyday life of the faculty of necromancy, summoning ghosts and reviving evil spirits did not last long. Having become a victim of someone else's hunt and fleeing from murderers from the powerful Brotherhood of Light, she unexpectedly finds patrons among the adherents of a cursed cult. Learning the mysteries of life and death, comprehending the intricacies of centuries-old enmity and ancient curses, the Shadow is step by step approaching the solution to its terrible destiny.