The novel by the poet and prose writer Sergei Karatov is written in the spirit of a literary movement invented by the author called “skeptical royalism”, which reflects the so-called picaresque novel, with fantastic and completely everyday adventures awaiting his lyrical heroes everywhere. In addition, the work is replete with mythological plots, immersing the heroes in various layers of history, creatively comprehended by the author and presented in literary language, richly inlaid with play on words and meanings.