The year 2014 was the year when the ancient Vatican turned into radioactive dust... Not everyone, especially in the Russian Empire, mourned the sad fate of the stronghold of Catholicism - after all, many servants of the Lord, not excluding the high priests, so persistently violated its commandments that became like followers of Satan. But along with the scoundrels and intriguers, hundreds of thousands of innocent residents of the Eternal City also lost their lives. An atomic explosion in the center of the Italian capital upset the fragile balance established after the recent World War - and there was a new smell in the air. Who, if not the Russian intelligence officer, Admiral Prince Vorontsov, can understand the intricacies of European politics and look for the real culprits of the thermonuclear cataclysm?