About the book: 2024 / Moscow, 1881. A mysterious magician-spirit named Jacques Dupre comes to the city, who promises to fulfill the wishes of anyone who makes a deal with him. Prince Paul Boboedov, who lost his lucky family ring at cards, turns to him for help. This attracts the attention of chief police officer Viktor Pobedonostsev, who suspects the foreigner to be a dangerous terrorist. But he is not only not a terrorist, but maybe not even a person…