Middle-class sorceress Raini Benares is a seeker. She searches for missing things, people, elves, goblins and gnomes in the city of Mermeya in the kingdom of Brenir. Her business is not always legal, and among her circle of acquaintances there are dubious characters like the former thief Quentin. It was he who got the girl into serious trouble by stealing a mysterious magical amulet from a famous necromancer, with the help of which one can find the powerful Saghred stone, which absorbs souls. He is being hunted by both elves, led by the Guardian, and goblins, led by the supreme shaman of the Krinsani order. The stake in this game is the life of Raini herself, since the amulet, for unknown reasons, does not want to part with it.