A young magician who kills an enemy in a duel becomes a pariah among his own. Neither the girl nor her best friends want to deal with him. And then the relatives of the murdered man announced revenge. What to do? How to survive and not become a beast? Second book. Valery complied with the order of his command and destroyed the portal. But where did he end up? A world in which they know nothing about magic, but even without it represents a serious opponent. A world that has gone much further than Earth in its development. A world in which interstellar flights are no longer fantastic.