The great adventure of Erast Petrovich Fandorin, told by his permanent assistant Masahiro Shibata, began on the first day of the twentieth century. They had just had to compete with the most famous detective in England and the most famous criminal in France, and now a new competition of minds awaits. The great detective is challenged, and Masa still does not know what emotional turmoil awaits them both. Many years later, he tells this story, full of secrets and heartbreaks: after all, books are written to solve the unsolved and reopen old wounds - suddenly they will they heal? The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.