About the book: 1998 / How to become a court magician in a parallel world? It’s very simple - you just need to write poetry well, because in that world every rhymed word has magical power. How to marry a beautiful queen? It’s very simple - you just need to become the king of a neighboring kingdom. But free kingdoms do not lie on the road. And then Mat Mantrell, a magician at Her Majesty’s court, turns his attention to neighboring Ibiria. Only now on the throne of Ibiria sits a black magician who does not intend to give up without a fight.