In the Wild West where the whispers of ancient gods intersect with steam revolvers, lies become smoky monsters that corrode reality. Elijah Salt - a lawyer who can "taste" lies - has devoted his life to using reason to expose all magic scams. However, when a living library that devours readers appeared at the border and was connected to his strange dreams for seven consecutive nights, he found that his unfinished work had been continued in the library. To prove that magic is nothing more than a collective hallucination, Elijah must embark on a journey to confront a terrifying structure hungry for knowledge and memory. But he gradually realized that this library was not an invader, but the last refuge of civilization, trying desperately to preserve a world that was evaporating and disappearing: abstract concepts were permanently disappearing from the universe, and love, freedom, reason... All the cornerstones of human nature were disappearing. Elijah's ability is the countdown to this ultimate annihilation. He must make a choice between preserving the cold immortality of civilization and embracing the incomplete existence of freedom - and the taste of "magic" he hates may be the only remaining taste of mankind.
