Ivan Klimov, who by the will of fate ended up in the body of a black man in 1880, continues to fight for his future. The prince of the unknown Banda tribe, he converted to Coptic Christianity, taking the name John at baptism. John the Dark, under this name he continues to create a state, language and nation, uniting scattered African tribes under his rule, and hoping to become the emperor of Africa. He has to fight off European powers, pitting them against each other, manipulating their interests for his own purposes, creating his own state from scratch. But he has an advantage. He knows about what events await the whole world. But whether this will help him is unknown...