Each story begins with a prologue followed by eight numbered chapters and, changing the usual structure, without an epilogue.

Except for the prologues, the events of each story are written in a first person narrative using the voice of the Higher Magician character Anton Gorodetsky, a member of the Night Watch.

The Night Watch sends Semyon to initiate the boy, although Geser is very disturbed by the events at the airport, as the plane does not crash as prophesied (unlike predictions, prophecies cannot be changed).

Geser calls a meeting of all Light Great Others (including Anton's wife Svetlana and daughter Nadya).

They then travel by car (through Twilight) to Kesha's apartment in order to protect him from this strange new creature.

Anton realizes that the Tiger is a creature of the Twilight whose purpose is to hunt prophets before they utter their first complete prophecy.

Arina, who has figured out that Anton has a recording of Kesha's prophecy, steals the flash drive and flees using an untraceable artifact.

Anton, who has backed up the recording of Kesha's prophecy on his old mini-disc player, listens to it and hears that Nadya, an Absolute Other, is capable of destroying the Tiger and, with it, the Twilight itself.

Seeing the Tiger, who is determined to kill them all to prevent the prophecy from coming true, Anton uses Arina's teleportation artifact to flee to her cabin.

Arina remains in the Sarcophagus with the depleted teleportation artifact (which Anton believes can be recharged in 5 years).