Blood enemies have been defeated, civil strife has ceased. There is a new ruler on the throne of Askeron - powerful, intelligent, calculating, decisive and purposeful. Can we rest on our laurels? No matter how it is! The Empire is awakening from a quarter-century nightmare: people cannot cope alone, it’s time to choose an Emperor! Big politics is the last thing the Petrel would like to get involved in. But it seems that this dirty business cannot be done without the eternal troublemakers - Arkanov...