About the book: 2008 / For the first time in Russian, one of the most striking cycles of the famous master of the science fiction novel Gregory Keyes! The Age of Madness has reached its climax. The merciless Russian army is rushing to the shores of the American continent. And the absence of Emperor Peter I at the head of the troops, who got lost in China, does not bother the restless Muscovites at all. But the New World cannot choose a king and is slowly but surely plunging into anarchy. And all this happens while evil ethereal creatures, led by a mysterious child - the Sun Boy - are preparing for a decisive battle, after which the Earth will turn into a lifeless desert. The hastily assembled motley American army finds itself caught between two fires. But it is led by Benjamin Franklin himself, a student of Sir Isaac Newton. Among his associates are Voltaire, Charles XII, Adriana de Montchevroy, Mikhailo Lomonosov and the Indian shaman Red Moccasins. Soon Peter I will join this team, and then what will begin...