The first volume of the popular German writer's fantasy series tells about a world in which the destinies of the heroes are intertwined with the destinies of the books. Books help to make instantaneous movements in space, to communicate beyond time, and special among them, Books of the soul, endow the chosen with the ability to book charms - bibliomancy. The heroes move from reality to the whimsical space of fantastic bookstores and strange forms of book life, get to know each other, fight for justice and find their place on the pages of the world.