It would seem that everything is set, the path of life is determined and there is no possibility of changing it. All that remains is to accept it and move on with your life. But as it soon turns out, providence has its own plans for you, and the simple desire to start all over again completely unexpectedly comes true. True, in a somewhat original form. An adventurer, a swindler and a card player, Alexander Govorov, by chance, finds himself in the body of the captain of the Russian Life Guard, Baron von Notbeck, heading to Constantinople on a secret mission. This is a troubled and terrible time for Russia, the year is 1920, the troops of the White movement, under the pressure of the Red Army, are retreating on all fronts. Which path will the former crime boss choose for himself? Will he try to take advantage of the opportunity and correct the mistakes of the past, or will he again embark on a slippery slope? But not everything is so simple...