Yuriy Vorontsov’s position strengthened: they stopped trying to kill him. Instead, they began to “test him to the breaking point.” Everyone needed something from him—high patrons, secret ill-wishers, and simply high-ranking politicians, officials, and businessmen. There was no end to his affairs, and he desperately lacked people—any people—who were ready at least to come and work in harsh conditions of the Russian North. But most of all he lacked comrades: those who strive for more, who want to join the team building the future. Yet for Vorontsov that isn’t enough! He expects more from these people—he is raising them into captains. Captains who will themselves gather teams and guide them through life.
Captains of Fate! This is the fourth book in the “The American” cycle—a turning point. Exactly in the period described here, Yuriy Vorontsov will begin to change quietly—even without realizing it.