Our contemporary, abandoned in the sixteenth century, not only survived, but also settled well there, becoming one of the richest people in the state. But he has no right to stop there. So you have to get involved in politics, ingratiate yourself with the royal circle. And one day spent in this serpentarium can be safely counted as ten. But here, too, he seems to have begun to get comfortable: not only does he not allow himself to be killed, but he also managed to recruit Malyuta Skuratov himself. And the young tsar is almost friends with our hero. But it turns out that this is not enough to seriously influence events. There is also a certain secret order that decides the destinies of all mankind. And without a “showdown” with the head of this order, the empire cannot be saved. Neither in the past nor in the future.