They - warriors, rulers, scientists, capable of turning to the World with different facets and becoming wolves, bears, lynxes, crows - call themselves people and feel the right to own the rest - monsters: slaves, draft animals. But the World is changing. There are fewer and fewer multifaceted ones; the best die in the struggle for power within packs and in strife. Some, as a result of intrigue, are subjected to a ritual of deprivation of their versatility. This happened with Vat, a warrior of a pack of wolves. But his soul is alive. The great-grandson of Vata, the little monster Votsha, who turned out to be stronger, smarter, more capable than other people, can become both a blessing to the flock that accepted him, and the cause of the death of the familiar World, if the memory of blood awakens in the boy. But only the sorcerer Ratmir and Prince Vseslav, who at his insistence took custody of the fiend, know about this and are trying to prevent trouble. However, how hard it is to believe that the dust underfoot can be dangerous!..