The book takes place in a parallel world, with an alternative history. Rus' never fell under the Yoke of the Golden Horde. It was possible to fight off numerous nomads with the help of a secret council of magicians created by Oleg. Because of the appearance of the Magi, the world followed a magical path of development, rather than a technical one. Over the centuries, two powers emerged that reign supreme on the world stage - Rus' and the Horde. The remaining states, although present, do not play a significant role in world politics. Beginning of the 21st century. The era of the heyday of magic is coming to its logical end. A number of laws have been passed to restrict and prohibit the use of magic in everyday life. The book takes place in the City with No Name, an average, provincial town cursed by God, which is why it always rains in the city. In the city museum, expensive exhibits are stolen - an ancient dagger and a crown. If everything is more or less clear with the crown, then who needed the dagger, which for everyone was just a trinket, is a real mystery. At the same time, other mysterious events begin to occur in the city. Some terrorists are dissolving an entire cemetery, which has not happened for many years. At the cost of incredible efforts, human sacrifices and sacrifices, the avalanche of the dead is stopped before they reach the city streets. At the same time, spontaneous transformations occur in the city every day (previously this happened no more than once a month). During the transformation, a person who is a mediocre magician in everyday life becomes a powerful magician. But at the same time, he loses his mind and the ability to control his actions - the energy becomes the cause of destruction, and the transformed person himself is deadly. These three extraordinary, and, at first glance, unrelated events, will have to be investigated by guard-investigator Dmitry Sergeevich Malinin. During his investigation, Dmitry comes to the conclusion that all these cases are interconnected, and one person is behind them.