The main character, a young nobleman with the soul of a thousand-year-old Worldkiller Secateur, takes up his position in the Imperial Courier Service, in the department of special assignments. He is awaiting quest applications for the colonies of the Russian Federative Empire in Greenland, Antarctica and the Philippines. Numerous opponents - clans, secret societies, mafia of all stripes, as well as powerful unknown telepaths - are not asleep.