For the first time in Russian - a tragicomic family saga from the author of the scandalous "Wasp Factory", the puzzling "Bridge" and the rock and roll "Street of Despair", a kind of "Crow Road" for new times! For more than a century, the state of the Wopuld clan is based on the phenomenally popular game Empire! - first desktop, then computer. But during the crisis, they also had a hard time, and the sale of part of the shares of the American corporation Spraint helped them stay afloat. Now Spraint is offering to buy out the bulk of the portfolio. The whole family gathers at Garbadale Castle to discuss this proposal—and at the same time celebrate the anniversary of the head of the clan, Grandma Win. And downshifter Alban, who has long traded his business suit for a lumberjack's chainsaw, discovers that his voice may be decisive, that there are more skeletons hidden in the family closets than he can imagine, and that his childhood love for his cousin Sophie seems to have stood the test of time...