Grandmother Yarina never advised Yvlyenya to marry in vain—this marriage did not bring happiness. Rather, everything soon went to ruin: the house was plundered, her husband disappeared, and after some time Yvlyenya found herself on… a slave ship that carried slaves across the boundless sea. It seemed that longing and humiliation would kill everything bright in the young beauty. But love for Marco— the master’s son—revived her soul! It’s a pity that this joy was so short-lived: because of her brother Marco’s slander, she is forced to hide from the authorities, and Yvlyenya… is sold into a new slavery. And again the ship carries her across the Russian Sea. Ahead are her homeland and… a husband who has long been married to a crafty woman, well known to Yvlyenya…