About the book: year / There is commotion at the Academy of Magic. This year, two princesses entered the first year at once, the daughter of their emperor and her friend, the princess of a neighboring country. And this year there is also an innovation: together with the first-year students, the best graduates of the school will study at the shelter for minor magicians - criminals! Is it possible that rootless thieves, murderers, and swindlers will sit on the same bench with them? In past years, only the most well-born aristocrats were accepted into the capital's academy! No, there were quotas for the gifted poor, but criminals! Previously, they were quickly trained according to an accelerated program and sent to the border with the dark lands, where they heroically laid down their heads, protecting honest people. What has changed this year? And is this connected with the strange student who is even taken to classes under guard??