Mat Mantrell, who has made a brilliant magical career in a parallel world, where every poetic word has magical power, sparing neither himself nor his listeners, enters into battle with the vile black sorcerer, who, desiring omnipotence, sent an army of Moorish conquerors to poor Merowens under the command of a young but promising military genius. The Warlock is strong and ruthless, but Mat, by the way, is not a weak opponent. And he has a trump card up his sleeve, and even two aces - his father and mother, who appeared in a parallel world - philologists, great experts in poetry...