Welcome to Witherward, a replica of London like no other. Big Ben? It's not needed here! What about Buckingham Palace? Also unnecessary! Here people turn into animals, and magic floods the streets. Ilse spent the first seventeen years of her life in ordinary Victorian London, where magic is considered fiction. An orphan, she earned her living first by stealing and then became a magician's assistant, creating illusions. When the girl gets to Witherword, she learns that in this world there is an eternal war between six factions and their representatives with different powers. Werewolves. Mind readers. Magi. Ghosts. Underground inhabitants. And also oracles that can see the future. They are the ones who want to kill Ilsa. The faction is confident that Witherward will face a terrible future if the girl stays. But she is ready to fight for the right to live in this world.