The bloody events of the Great French Revolution stirred up the European anthill. The clashes of interests between supporters and opponents of the new France reached unprecedented severity. All the key players on the political chessboard are asleep and dreaming of how to make the invincible Napoleon Bonaparte an obedient tool in their hands. After all, the young general is a burning candle on a keg of gunpowder. If it explodes, it will come back to haunt the neighboring worlds. Experienced employees of the Institute of Experimental History Valdar Kamdil and Sergei Lisichenko, nicknamed the Fox, go to Paris to understand the intricacies of intrigue and carefully direct the situation in a safe direction. Crown a prince? Let's do it! Save Napoleon? No problem! Outsmart Talleyrand? You can try... Moreover, it turns out that it was in this world that our heroes had already visited a couple of hundred years ago...