For the first time in Russian - the newest book by Christopher Buckley, author of the famous novel “They Smoke Here” and a dozen and a half other bestsellers. This time, the famous satirist, who knows the political scene well from the inside (former speechwriter for George H. W. Bush), “decided to expand the palette and time coverage - and outdid himself” (The Washington Times). London, 1664. The English revolution has died down, the monarchy has been restored, and Charles II sits on the throne. Most of the judges who signed the death warrant for the previous monarch, Charles I, almost two decades ago were found and executed, only two took refuge in the North American colonies. And so Balthazar de Saint-Michel, the unlucky brother-in-law of Samuel Pepys, a high-ranking official of the Navy Department, goes in search of them. In the New World, Balti will meet diehard Puritans and sinless Quakers, warring Indians and adventurers of all stripes, as well as a mysterious Crown agent called upon to help him in his search. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Pepys and his department are preparing for another hopeless war with Holland...