Waxillium Ladrian fought for many years against a secret criminal organization called the Circle, led by his sister Telsin. In the end, age took its toll, and Wax became involved in politics and raising children. But now Wayne and Marasi have discovered evidence that the Circle has resumed its activities, which are extremely dangerous for the country. The conflict between the capital Elendel and the Outlying Cities plays into the hands of criminals. Neighbors, residents of the newly discovered Southern Continent, threaten, if not war, then serious troubles, and Harmony, the patron god of Scadrial, has a lot of worries of his own. During an experiment on rare metals, Vax makes a frightening discovery, and he has to return to the craft of a lawyer... For the first time in Russian!