About the book: 2024 / Continuation of the novel "Two Dollars". 1898 - The North American United States hoped, in the course of a “small victorious war,” to crush the decrepit Spanish Empire and seize its colonial possessions, taking control of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Only the sea sometimes does not forgive mistakes, and can present an unpleasant “surprise”. And so it happened - during the blockade of Santiago da Cuba, Rear Admiral Simpson and Commander Schley made a tragic mistake, which led to the death of the entire armored squadron of the United States. It seems that nothing unnatural happened - the Spaniards installed torpedo tubes on steam boats and carried out a night attack. But this could not have happened without the help of one scuba diver who accidentally surfaced in the bay, despite his will, and who found himself in the distant past. Now the course of history has taken a completely different path, and the one whose life is “three kopecks”, or, taking into account local realities, three pesos, will live in it.…