About the book: year / The life of history professor Soya Asharkh could hardly be called eventful until, by chance, a secretive girl from a desert people appeared in it. With this ill-fated meeting, Ash attracted the attention of powerful forces and in one night lost everything he had: his job, housing and good name, and in return he received only the status of a fugitive criminal and a tempting opportunity to visit the hidden city of a forgotten race of sand magicians, where no matter what no matter what, his unexpected comrade-in-arms must return. However, the path to the hot deserts is long and dangerous, the forests and mountains are teeming with creatures devouring magic, and in the footsteps of Asha and his companion there is already a punitive order, intending to destroy the foreigner who dared to challenge them, the loyal dogs of the ruler.