The swindler and raider Arseny Belkin is accustomed to a risky life. However, the surprise that fate presents to Arseny during the next robbery goes beyond all limits. Having received mortal wounds, the unlucky robber does not end up in a prison hospital or morgue, but inexplicably finds himself in the mysterious world of Terra Nublado, completely cut off from the reality Belkin is familiar with and living according to special laws that would seem cruel even in the Wild West. Trying to find the answer to the question of where fate has taken him, Arseny does not yet suspect that he has become a pawn in a grandiose game started by the creators of a new generation of virtual reality.