I came to—my face in blood, the deck shaking, and the guns fall silent. On the horizon—French ships. A scene of confusion and fear aboard the frigate. The French captain demands surrender. And me? I’m a front-line veteran who went through the Great Patriotic War, and I have one rule: RUSSIANS DO NOT SURRENDER. Only now it’s the 1730s. I’ve already led a mutiny on the ship, defended the honor of the St. Andrew’s flag, and ended up under a military court. But they won’t break me. Biron, Anna Ioannovna, the Secret Chancellery—let them try. I didn’t get here to fit myself to the past. I’m here to remake it my way.