About the book: 2017 / Nikita Volkov, a candidate of chemical sciences from St. Petersburg, conducts experiments in his closed research institute. But something went wrong, and he suddenly finds himself in the basement of a medieval alchemist. It is the summer of 7103 from the creation of the world... In order to survive, Nikita mines gold from ore and tries to create a philosopher's stone, but does not achieve much success. But he inadvertently manages to synthesize a rejuvenating elixir, which he tests on an elderly noblewoman. Oh miracle! The elixir worked, turning the old woman into a young girl. The alchemist falls in love with the girl, like Pygmalion with his Galatea, and she reciprocates his feelings. But on the eve of the wedding, servicemen from the Robust Order come for the groom…