The heavenly ether permeates everything that exists, and knowledgeable people are able to touch it, weave it into spells, and use it for their own purposes. And not always for the benefit of others. The warlocks, sworn to the princes of outland, are ready to sacrifice anything and everything to the otherworldly rulers, just to achieve their goal. The identification of apostates from among the scientific people is entrusted to the Ecumenical Commission on Ethics. Philip Oleander von Cheren is an investigative master, young and ambitious. He is a ritualist and adept of the secret arts, but he prefers a pair of pistols covered with witchcraft formulas to a magic wand, and his assistants are mercenaries and brutes. Philip does not back down from the most complicated cases, is not afraid of dirt and blood, because he has his own scores to settle with the warlocks. However, there are plenty of skeletons in the closet. It’s not for nothing that they called him the Renegade...