Volume One begins in 1905, with a meeting with Staff-Captain Rybnіkov—someone familiar from part of Kuprin’s story. The Russo-Japanese War is underway; in Russia the network of Japanese agents is working quite successfully, but—on their way—who would you think stands in the way? Of course, it’s the seasoned and long-experienced Erast Petrovich Fandorin.
Volume Two takes us to Japan in 1878: ninjas, geishas, samurai… This is the story of the love between young diplomat Erast Fandorin and the fateful beauty O-Yumi. Love that changed all his life and reminded him of itself many years later…