What can a successful correspondent do if fate throws him into fairy-tale Rus'? Of course, start working in your specialty. However, ambitious plans to publish the first newspaper in Rus' are almost in jeopardy. And when can Vitalik do serious business if he has so much pressure on him? He is both a royal gossip, a boyar, and the head of the CIA (Tsarist Intelligence Agency). And if you consider that in your free time from your main job you have to earn extra money as a major crime boss (how else can you get Koshchei the Immortal and the mysterious Don under your thumb?) and deal with such little things as constantly saving the fatherland from enemies external and internal - not like working for a newspaper , there won’t be enough time for your personal life... Especially if you don’t have a faithful company consisting of the mischievous witch Yankee Widow, the mischievous cat Vaska, the yard dog Zhuchka and a whole gang of land pirates. Contents: The Tsar’s Gossip The Tsar’s Gossip and the Shemakha Queen The Tsar’s Gossip and the Daughter of Darkness