About the book: 2019 / Our contemporaries, tourists, rafting in a cheerful company along the Ural river Kuyva as part of a “weekend tour,” find themselves in the middle of the 16th century. Part company decides to go to Moscow, believing that only there they will be able to apply their knowledge with due success. These optimists hope to take a worthy place in Rus', or in Europe, if they are lucky. Their other brothers in misfortune, more beaten by life and who have long become pessimists, remain in the border village. They know the history of geography and have not trusted the authorities for a long time. Therefore, they decide first of all to protect themselves and their loved ones, fortunately they know how to work with their hands, are not afraid of difficulties and have some skills. To protect not only from Bashkir and Tatar raids, but also from Stroganov’s henchmen, from hunger and the cold of the upcoming winter. Moreover, apart from a couple of axes, a chainsaw and some tools, tourists have nothing. No weapons, no money, no warm clothes…