Mighty Britain has not accepted its defeat - the war with the Boer republics breaks out with renewed vigor. Diplomat and intelligence officer, saboteur, underground fighter and terrorist, Mikhail Orlov, by the will of fate thrown into South Africa at the very height of the Anglo-Boer confrontation, is forced to try on yourself in many guises. And on top of that, love has arrived, as always unexpectedly, and he will definitely have to choose between the woman he loves and the business that has become the meaning of his life. But he will cope, he will definitely cope, because the former midshipman of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet simply has no other choice.