About the book: 2024 / The young magician Dzil Warren wanders around the empire in search of a teacher. Most residents don't like magicians, so he has to pretend to be a magician. The powerful wizard Sidian the Nameless aspires to the post of Archmage and must pass the test of a council full of ill-wishers. And the mercenaries, who call themselves happy slackers, suddenly receive the task of killing a magician-healer. All of them do not yet know that their destinies will soon change dramatically: an army of hitherto unknown monsters has already emerged from underground and is bringing death to all living things on its way..