A senior detective, Marius first class, was assigned to investigate the gruesome murder of a prominent Mage Professor. This case is a political time bomb. The main suspect is the head of the Technologist, a group of scientists and inventors, who forsake magic for machines. Marius has to wade through the evidence to find out who the real murderer is and why. He is taken from the cobble streets of Wallender to the deep forests of the elves to look for the one person who could help him, a Keeper of the Veil.