About the book: a year / Five years ago, the Empire won a continent-wide war. But politics is politics, and life in a world where science and magic are inseparable from each other is full of surprises. Recently, a certain Force has been preventing people from leaving the City. Most residents don't notice this. But in any herd there will be outliers. The imperial governor, the young doctor, the robber, the bitchy Soul of the Mirror, the mysterious king of thieves are strangers to each other, they are forced to unite to find a way out of the City, and if they are lucky, the Meaning of Life.