What is hidden behind the names included in the memorial list of the deceased interrogator? Which one is the petitioner or the witness, and which one is the criminal? And how can one find even the tiniest clue in the list of completely ordinary affairs of a victim of an unprecedented crime? And most importantly, how can stubborn investigator and judge Greg Dirrate, who has the honorary status of a senior royal eye, escape from the strict supervision of a coven of magicians in order to begin his own investigation?!