Prestige. Priest K.

The plot of the novel is built on the acute rivalry of the two outstanding illusionists of the second half of the 19th century. The enmity originated in early youth turns their life into an endless competition. Over the years, the desire to win the final crushing victory over the opponent becomes unbearable, and the struggle acquires such an intensity when all the means are good, and the theft of other people's secrets, tips to the audience in the performance of the number, and a frank breakdown of the performance are used. But everyone still remains virtuoso in his own business and continuously improves skill, inventing more and more sophisticated tricks. And now both are successful, rich and reached unprecedented heights in the art of illusion. Heights behind which the boundary of reality passes. But one of them is ready to go even higher.