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Starye bogi pali, a novye bessil′ny pomoch′ lyudyam. Mir zachlestyvaet volna temnoj magii, i spasti ego sposoben lish′ odin chelovek — poslednij Strazh Granicy, Naemnik mertvych bogov... . Illari — pridvornyj, poet i duelyant iz Belogo Goroda, privykshij riskovat′ zhizn′yu radi ostrych oshhushhenij. Odnazhdy ego spasaet ot smerti strannyj yunosha s lilovymi glazami — izgnannik iz legendarnoj strany masterov, Dzhetevena... Merchina, zamok zloveshhego Palacha, nepristupen, a ego pytochnye podvaly vnushaet uzhas dazhe samym otchayannym smel′chakam. I vse zhe voin Taj poklyalsya otomstit′ Palachu Merchiny, kotoryj kogda-to podverg ego nevynosimym mukam... No probravshis′ v krepost′, voin uznaet shokiruyushhuyu pravdu: o Palache, o samom sebe i Zle, porabotivshem mir.