The hour has come when magical artifacts acquire tremendous power. Someone throws a magic book to the novice magician Genka Bulionov and forces him to cast a formidable spell. The main stake is on the «Soul Thief» wand. When touched to the chest, the rod takes away the soul, leaving the body intact, into which any other magician can move. For some unknown reason, the hmyrs begin to hunt for an old portrait of Noah, which for many centuries has been safely covered with dust on the Main Staircase of Tibidokhs … And in the meantime, the question of life and death is being decided: who will Tanya choose? Vanka Valyalkin and Guriy Pupper get bored with uncertainty. Only a duel — a magical duel according to harsh ancient rules — can put the last point in this drawn-out romance. So, is the third extra or the third dead? ..
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