Ray lived an ordinary thieves' life: robbing the rich, selling ancient artifacts, spending his days in taverns, and his nights in the arms of luxurious beauties. He was the most successful and elusive thief of the Alectin Empire... has not yet taken on a very dubious, albeit promising, order. One wrong step, one wrong choice, a second wobble - and the familiar world collapses under his feet. Now Ray is magically connected with a young half-elf and a two-thousand-year-old vampire, they are forced to flee across the Empire, they are pursued by the most influential organization in this world and something much more terrible that involuntary companions do not even know about... And ahead of the horizon, the ominous Black Sun is already rising, promising death to all living things. And only by uniting, the heroes will be able to withstand the impending cataclysm and save humanity... Will they be able to make the right choice this time? And does it exist at all?..