The adventures of Andrei Prokhorov continue. Having completed a brilliant and, in general, impromptu campaign in the lands of the Sublime Porte in 1557, he sets off on the road again. Not from a great thirst for military glory, but simply because there is no other way. After all, having crushed the internal opposition of the Tsar, he unwittingly took its place, with all the ensuing problems. Suddenly finding himself the odd man out. A Moor who did his job. It is clear that this does not suit him. But, in order not to unleash a fratricidal Civil War with an unpredictable effect, he decides to take advantage of Napoleon’s achievements and set off on his “Egyptian Campaign.” But Egypt is far away. And in the absence of a stamp of approval, one has to go “to the resorts of Turkey”, engulfed in the Troubles in the fullness of this terrible word. Will Andrei survive? Will he be able to realize his plans? Will he get stuck in a bloody mess of “muddy waters”, chasing empty illusions?