Dampir Magier, the half-blood elf Lisil, the scribe Wynne and their guardian spirit in the guise of a silver dog, at the risk of their lives, enter the Land of the Elves, where Lisil hopes to find her mother, captured by her relatives and sentenced to indefinite imprisonment for treason. The Elven Forest hardly tolerates strangers, and some of its inhabitants are generally not inclined to tolerate such an offensive intrusion. However, there are those who will help travelers overcome all obstacles and achieve their desired goal. But Magiere is tormented by difficult visions of the future, in which she, at the head of countless vampire hordes, will pass through this land, exterminating all living things...