The world has never before seen such an adventurer as Lieutenant of His Majesty's Life Guards Hussar Regiment Leonid Varnakhovsky. His scams shocked even those people who are usually not surprised by anything. What was the cost of just selling the Winter Palace to an American businessman, to whom the lieutenant introduced himself as the owner of an architectural masterpiece!.. Of course, the brave hussar was constantly pursued by the police. As a result, the inventive rascal had to flee abroad. But even there the all-seeing eye of the detective got to him - only now the conversation was no longer about freedom, but about Varnakhovsky’s life itself. But the life hussar does not even think of giving up. After all, his head is spinning by the strongest and most insidious intoxication in the world - the intoxication of adventurism...