New adventures of our contemporary—who, having taken over the body of Nicholas II, tries to outplay Russia’s past and rewrite it from scratch. With the help of a landing party that came to assist him from our time, the new Master of the Russian Earth makes a grand leap into the future: Russian industry develops at unprecedented rates, the level of public education and culture rises rapidly… But any success of Russia is hated by our enemies—both past and future. To counter the Russian “progressors” from the 23rd century, a “regressor” arrives with a mission to prevent any change in the usual course of history. A “bright” future doesn’t need either a strong Russia, or an acceleration of scientific and technological development, or even the absence of bloody world wars. Descendants of the “golden billion” don’t want anything changed…
Who will win in this merciless clash of historical alternatives? Whose “landing party from the future” will overcome the inertia of Time? Will it be possible for the Russian “progressors” to change the course of history? Will Russia have a bright past?