Drums beat in the forests, announcing the advance of trolls, burn villages and cities in the imperial Border. The war is marching along the Ksarga Peninsula. Saving comrades who find themselves on an island surrounded by enemies is not an easy task for Sandar, who has only a small detachment of mercenaries under his command. Especially when a reward was announced for his head by the high priest of the higher elves. But will the difficulties of the master of shadow magic, which was once an ordinary earthling student Alexander Streltsov, stop?