All that the young magician, practicing in human lands, dreamed of was a place as a magician in a small estate, where they were well fed and did not interfere with their research. But fate, in the person of the queen and her advisers, decreed something completely different. And now he has to make every effort not to fail the contract, not to lose the mantle of Maglor and not to be defeated by a capricious girl who has already managed to survive four of his colleagues. And as a reward for all this, an even more dangerous task awaits, a bunch of mysterious enemies, unexpected finds and losses and still timid hope for love. And it depends only on the magician whether he will be able to find his happiness in spite of everything.