Strange things are happening in Venice: VIPs from all over the world are buying up islands, the medieval Order has become more active with its testing of candidates by a ferocious black wolf and duels, an old pirate charter becomes the basis for attempts to turn the city into an independent state, CIA employees are active ... In the scouts Polyansky and Gorina turn out to be the center of events, who inexplicably repeat the fate of their predecessors from the 16th century, in which the roots of what is happening today lie. As a result, Polyansky alone opposes the conspiracy to redistribute the whole world. Will he be able to emerge victorious?