Mir, gde magiya pod zapretom. Mir, v kotorom na smenu volshebnym zhezlam i energeticheskim kristallam prishli revol′very i parovye mashiny. Mir, gde bogi istrebili drug druga, a lyudi stroyat novuyu zhizn′ na oblomkach civilizacii. Mir, v kotorom choroshij syshhik vsegda najdet rabotu. Dzhon Repejnik ne prosto choroshij syshhik. On telepat, odin iz nemnogich ublyudkov, utaivshich svoi sposobnosti ot vlastej. Po rasporyazheniyu Gil′dii Dzhon otpravlyaetsya v otdalennoe poselenie, chtoby najti i ustranit′ bujnuyu rusalku, dosazhdayushhuyu mirnym lyudyam. No, pribyv na mesto, on otkryvaet nepriglyadnuyu tajnu, kotoruyu skryvayut mestnye zhiteli...