Seventh book of the cycle. The sudden blow is very difficult to repel. And if we are not talking about a fight in the gateway, but about a new round of the global conflict of the Fourth Magic War, then the matter is very bad. The fleet is destroyed right in the harbors, coastal cities one after another fall in front of the conquerors, sabotage groups of the enemy rush inland, and the authorities mobilizing all available resources can turn out to be worse than the enemy... However, Oleg Korobeinikov was relatively lucky, because after the treacherous attack of the enemy, he did not lose his family, or close friends, or even property. In the end, it is not so easy to offend a combat magician of the third rank, if, in addition to the ability to magic, there is a small detachment and some artillery.