“Azazel” is the first novel in the series about the extraordinary detective Erast Fandorin. He is only twenty, but he is lucky, fearless, noble, and attractive. Young Erast Petrovich serves in the police department, and by duty as well as by the call of his heart investigates an extremely complicated case. The books about Erast Fandorin are packed with information from the history of the Fatherland and, at the same time, are truly engrossing detective reading.