The Novgorod prince Oleg sends a spy, the Varangian Thorir, to the capital Kyiv, ordering him to “muddy the waters there”, to defame the local princes, spreading rumors about the wisdom and superiority of the Novgorod princes. The Magi of Perun become his assistants. But the girl Karina, who he saved, knows about Thorir’s task... Love and hatred, the confrontation of two strong natures, betrayal, betrayal, separation - all this is present in the novel against the backdrop of the colorful era of the reunification of Kyiv and Novgorod, the time “where the Russian land came from and came from” .