It would seem that what could be more prosaic than searching for a moonshine still stolen by a local drunk? However, not everything is so simple in this world, and perhaps in the next world. Private detective Yaroslav Kuznetsov had to fight a duel, fight with robbers, shoot back from OGPU officers and even, imagine, defend his right to the royal title in a dispute with dubious elements of a fabulous nature. And he is to blame for everything - the oracle. A strange creation of unknown forces, who has a claim to become a god.