Meet the new mystical thriller by Yuri Burnosov, author of the famous trilogy “Numbers and Signs”! From time immemorial, vampires, werewolves and demons have lived among people, feeding on our blood and our fear. From time immemorial, generations of “knowledgeable people” - magicians, kabbalists, monster hunters - have been waging war against them. This secret war smoldered for many centuries and has reached its climax in our days. Everyone who wanted power over people - the Narodnaya Volya, the fiery leaders of the proletarian revolution, the leaders of Nazi Germany - they were all involved in it in one way or another. But the decisive battle begins today on the streets of a small provincial Russian town. Who will stand in the way of otherworldly forces seeking to break into our world? Are there heroes?