Dejstvie novogo romana ob Eraste Fandorine proiskhodit nakanune Pervoj mirovoj vojny v Baku, velikolepnom i strashnom gorode nefti, nuvorishej, plamennykh terroristov i vostochnykh razbojnikov. Na etot raz velikomu syschiku dostalsja protivnik, pobedit kotorogo, kazhetsja, nevozmozhno...

The new novel by Boris Akunin about the adventures of Erast Fandorin.Action of the book will take place in Baku on the eve of the First World War. This time the great detective went to the enemy , defeat which seems impossible.