An ancient monastery in Hong Kong... Major Sarmatov, the legendary Sarmatian, ended up here. He's alive. But I completely lost my memory. Who is he? Where? What does he know? – this is of interest to many, including the world’s leading intelligence agencies. But most of all, people from one mysterious sect of the East are hunting for this superpro. With the help of Sarmat, they intend to carry out a large-scale terrorist action, terrifying for all humanity, which should lead them to world domination. They achieve their goal - Sarmat is in their hands. True, the devil's servants do not suspect that thanks to the efforts of Professor Osira, the last of a line of wandering samurai, the major remembered who he was. Well, now he will offer his game to the fanatics... The novel was also published under the title “And God Was Next to Him.”