Spy games end badly - knee-deep in blood. A brilliant combination of terrestrial intelligence will turn into a threat to all of humanity. The trap set for the enemy will be caught by its creators. And the most dangerous scoundrels in the world suddenly interfere in the personal life of Inquisitor Augustus McKinby. This happens if the game began long before you were born and you are in it by accident. Since the game must end in war, now this is your problem too. The tracks lead to the most closed state in the galaxy, which earthlings call Shanghai, and its inhabitants call the Celestial Empire. The young emperor, the Chinese mafia, three competing intelligence services, the Eldorado military junta, a totalitarian sect and just bandits are an incomplete list of those involved in the mysterious bustle on Shanghai territory. And for some reason they are all interested in Della Berg. And the game, let us remind you, must end in war.