The gifts of the gods are expensive. The family has turned its back on Eileen Revengar, but now the faculty of necromancy awaits her. And also a new found and lost relative, new friends and enemies, a faithful dog - albeit a little dead... Gregor Bastellero, the hero of the ended war, is trying to find a place in peaceful life, and why shouldn’t this place be a teaching chair at his native Academy? And at the same time you can evade the king’s order to get married. But we should not forget that the Academy may not be a safe place...