End of the 18th century. San Ildefonso is a town somewhere on the outskirts of the Great North American Prairie. Here the sun always shines brightly, the meadows are green, the rivers are silver. All the girls here are completely beauties, because even the local plain girls have refined taste and understand a lot about beautiful dresses. The garrison officers match them - their chests are like wheels, their eyes are burning, their mustaches are bristling, with a carelessness worthy of emperors, they drag long sabers along the ground, jingling with their spurs. The careless San Ildefonso grew tired and let loose. Here they flirt, play cards, and sometimes go on rampages. But someone must fight evil under the sun, even on the edge of the world. The legend of the White Leader is one of the pearls of adventure literature. The talent of Mine Reed, a subtle and fascinating storyteller, is revealed in this book from the first lines and is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.