About the book: year / On the ruins of former Siberia, the heir of historical Russia ascended. The state is full of contrasts. Here, high technology and virtual reality coexist with strict class divisions, and powerful corporations are run by noble families. The Mysterious Master is a despotic dictator, in fact only a catalyst between several political factions. A country that elevates the few at the expense of the suffering of the many. Here obscurantism and progress merged in a perverted symbiosis. Welcome to Irius - the fourth Rome!