About the book: 2011 / For hundreds of years, the legend of a terrible black beast that appears on moonlit nights on the streets of the city and takes the souls of notorious sinners has lived in the memory of the residents of Krugendorf. And that beast is the beloved panther of Count Ludwig Openheim, an associate of Emperor Frederick, who founded Krugendorf and bequeathed his people to live in righteousness. The young ambitious actor David Gideon, having once read an advertisement on a piece of wet newspaper, did not even imagine that having become an apprentice to a strange man - doctor of fire magic Augustion Baratran, will get involved in a truly creepy and dangerous series of events that led David to a difficult choice: die or become a superman!..