About the book: 2014 / The mother of 12-year-old Afanasy Nikitin is kidnapped during the excavation of an ancient mound. The Bandits are a group of eccentric circus performers from the bankrupt Golden Triangle circus tent who work for an evil millionaire. They are looking for an old sign indicating the burial place of a mythical hero. To save his mother, Afanasy gets involved in the thick of things. And he will be helped in his search by the daring hacker Irina and the acrobat bandit Aigul, who do not like each other too much…