In pursuit of fur, explorers quickly explored Siberia. All the tribes submitted to them, but on the far outskirts, in the Arctic desert, the servicemen encountered a small people of shepherds and sea hunters. These strange “foreigners” were not afraid of death, and war and raids on their neighbors were considered the best occupation for men. Cutting out camps and taking hostages is useless - the tauchins do not value life. No, they will not pay yasak to the Russian Tsar - why on earth?! Since his student years, the young scientist was fascinated by the history of the Tauchin people - he studied the language, mastered the skills of life in the Arctic. And it had to happen that fate (or someone’s intention?) threw him to the end of the 17th century, to northeast Asia. It was not possible to stay away from the battle - Kirill is fighting for the “foreigners”. Now for the Russians he is a criminal. This means that he will have to live among the tauchins, herd deer with them, hunt, fight...