A young nobleman, a 19th-century Petersburg “rich kid”… He believes he has seen everything—from the charms of court ladies to the blood of the Caucasian War. But something unexpected happens: he is disliked at court and ends up in Siberia—as an ordinary exile in rusty chains. Legends of shaman curses are still alive here, and people whisper that somewhere in the taiga there is a mysterious ancient city older than time itself. And whoever finds it will gain what is worth more than any treasure on Earth…