About the book: 2004 / In Russia of the near future, sophisticated espionage passions are raging. The rule of mafia clans, the military dictatorship, the dominance of neo-fascists, the dark period of the power of the intelligentsia - all this is already behind us. Now it's up to the monarchy. That's just... Just one small "but" - while two more or less legitimate heirs of the Romanov dynasty are striving for power in more or less legal ways, a somewhat unexpected candidate for sovereign appears on the horizon: Sheikh Abu Mansur, defender of Islam - a religion that turned out to be closest to the mysterious Russian soul in its deepest essence...