1395. After the victory at Kulikovo Field, more than a dozen years passed—yet the fate of the Russian Land is again hanging by a thread.
“Over the city and the surrounding areas, the sound of a cathedral bell was drifting— bam-m-m, bam-m-m, bam-m-m! Wake up, Rus, take up arms: the enemy is at the gates!”
Having crushed the Golden Horde and conquered Crimea, the formidable Tamerlane marches on Moscow. The principality of Yelets has already fallen; Timur’s invincible army is storming the border city.