Once upon a time, people knew that the fabulous, unusual exists side by side with the familiar, human. But then factories and factories were built everywhere, and large cities spread across the entire earth. And the creatures from the legends have lost their aura of mystery. People are no longer afraid of the dark, and their fear no longer serves as protection for those who hide in the shadows. Those about whom mothers read to their children at night are gone, but they have not forgotten or forgiven anything. On the eve of his own wedding, Oliver Bascombe, a lawyer and wealthy heir, saves the life of Jack Frost, the spirit of winter, and finds himself on the other side of the Veil, a magical barrier, separating the human world from the land of myths and legends. But contrary to expectations, here he is not a welcome guest, but a despicable outcast. And if Oliver does not have time to prove to the rulers of the magical land that he is worthy of living, he will be killed. For the children of industrial civilization have no place on this edge of existence.