The country of Dalyaniya is wide and fertile, spreading under the kind sun on the shores of the Great Sea. People from all over the world come here to trade and do business, because they know that the Law here protects everyone, and those who come with good will always be helped by the Authority. But one day a man from distant cursed lands appears in Dalyaniya and, unnoticed by anyone, reaches the capital itself - Mil-Canas. This man has little time left to live. What will he do? He won’t go on a spree, he won’t plunge into melancholy. He will arrange the lives of those who are dear to him, so that he can go into death with a clear conscience and a calm soul. This story is about someone who wanted very little, but did so much that the whole world found itself on the brink and even the wisest ceased to understand what tomorrow would be like.