1892, St. Petersburg. The director of the Durnovo police department urgently calls Stepan Faberovsky, a former London detective, and Artemy Ivanovich Vladimirov, an Itinerant artist, former agent of the III department, from Yakut exile. He has no choice. “Yes, I know that among departmental officials, especially from the Third Office, there is a belief that Faberovsky and Vladimirov can do anything. But it’s better to sell your soul to the devil than to get involved with them.” P.N. DurnovoBut even he does not suspect what an incredible farce two detective agents will turn this story into.