In a world where magic is adjacent to everyday life, sometimes children are born endowed with a strange gift - to smell evil spirits. They are able to recognize demons, monsters and sorcerers in any guise; know their weaknesses and know how to counter them. These are true Hunters, but there are very few of them, and people fear them no less than other evil spirits, because they do not understand. Such is Veneld, the book's protagonist. Wounded in a recent battle with a vicious bestie, he comes to lie down in Talsburg, where he has friends. Recently, however, he himself has been hunted. It seems that there will be no peace, it's time to get out of the city and set off again! A new order comes in handy - not quite its format, but better so than completely idle. Veneld agrees, but the damned order confuses him with all his plans and turns into completely unexpected troubles...