A scientist-historian, athlete, stuntman and lover of women, Alexey Sotnikov, investigating the mysterious disappearance of an oligarch, finds himself in the Time of Troubles. This is where he will turn around, this is where he will show himself!...Alexey Sotnikov was hitting a punching bag at home in front of a large mirror. He had just failed his PhD defense and was angry at the world. Especially the old people from the academic council. They sit on their pants for years, don’t go anywhere, and demand specific material evidence. They also laughed: where, supposedly, are the ruins of those majestic cities called Hyperborea?