About the book: year / The sixties of the nineteenth century. At the height of the American Civil War, President Lincoln turns to Emperor Alexander II asking for help in the fight against the Southern fleet. However, the king refuses... and this becomes one of the steps towards the defeat of the North. But perhaps the presence in the ranks of the northerners of the former Russian officer Ivan Turchaninov, and now General John Turchin, will change what seems inevitable?