1570. Novgorod was finally conquered by Ivan the Terrible. But not all its residents are ready to bow to the new government, and like cockroaches they begin to scatter in all directions. This is also facilitated by the most difficult living conditions: cold - the Little Ice Age is raging, hunger - it has reached the point of cannibalism, and disease - the plague. As usual, our contemporary finds himself in these difficult times, or rather, inhabits one of the aborigines...