About the book: 2005 / The world's most popular collectible card game "Magic: The Gathering" formed the basis of a literary fantasy project, the first book of which you see before you . “The story of brilliant brother inventors, whose boyish rivalry ultimately resulted in a global conflict that turned an entire continent into a lifeless desert. An attempt to unravel the secrets of the ancient Tran civilization brought Urza and Mishra to the brink of death. The awakened artifacts brought to life inhuman forces that razed cities throughout Terisiara and destroyed entire nations - elves, gnomes, fallaji. But even these forces are not capable of destroying the human thirst for Knowledge and Power.»