The notorious swindlers Darger and Appendage set off for Muscovy along with a caravan carrying a priceless gift from the Baghdad caliph to the Moscow prince. However, getting to Muscovy is just as difficult as living there. And getting an audience with the prince seems impossible. Darger and Dovesque quickly find themselves drawn into a quagmire of intrigue and upheaval. But even more dangerous than the political intricacies surrounding the travelers was the gift of the caliph itself - the Pearls of Byzantium and their mentor Zoesophia, zealously guarding the virtue of the girls. For the first time in Russian!