The posthumous edition of Svetozar Chernov’s unfinished manuscript is a prequel to the “Secret Agents” series. As a result of the intrigues of international departments, Faberovsky, a penniless London detective, and Vladimirov (aka Gurin), an agent of Section III, are given the task of spying on each other. One is noble, balanced (albeit rather bilious), loving order (although realizing that there is none) and choosing the side of good (also a controversial issue). The second is an enfant terrible with an unkillable talent to turn everything into chaos. As a result, everything is turned upside down: secret agents join forces to extract and transport dynamite from New York to London.