Velial, the most powerful of the Princes of the Underworld, is weaving another intrigue designed to make him the sole ruler of the Lower World. As a tool to achieve his goal, he chooses young Gertie, the daughter of the rural witch Wiselda from the outskirts of Grania. But the High Ones are not asleep and interfere with Belial’s plans, starting their own game. They also need Gertie, but why is unknown... Mark von Harschwitz, a sorcerer in the lion's skin, and Sven Larsson, a fugitive black magician, by the will of fate are involved in this confrontation of cosmic Forces, which, no matter the outcome, does not bode well for the earthly world. Whoever wins - Light or Darkness - all of humanity will be the losers. Unless...Unless both Forces fail.