Young Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Menshikov, the son of the disgraced His Serene Highness Prince, who died in Berezovo, witnessed the death of an unknown person at the Cathedral of Peter and Paul. And then he saw a creepy ghost. He predicted the coming of the Kingdom of Darkness and the disappearance of St. Petersburg. The prince tried to escape from the disgustingly real for him, merciless ghost, and left Northern Palmyra. But no matter where he wandered, no matter where he hid in the vastness of Russia, everything was hopeless. The prince decided to engage in single combat with the “shadows” and find out who was driving him crazy and why, and who benefits from the devastation of the capital. Next to him is a faithful and mysterious assistant, not subject to the control of Empress Anna Ioannovna herself...