The Tsar's Man. Book 2

We are presented with an alternative Russian Empire of the early 20th century. Here magic coexists with technological progress, and the basis of both is malahirium — a material whose circulation is strictly monitored by the state. So strictly, in fact, that there is a separate Collegium of Magical Security investigating crimes in this sphere. That is exactly where Mikhail Skuratov goes to work, a scion of a noble family who, after tragic events, became the last of his line.

In the second book, Mikhail Skuratov, who has settled in Tula, is tracking an organized group engaged in stealing malahirium issued by the state. The trail clearly indicates the presence of a “mole” within his own agency. However, things there are not simple even apart from that: his superiors try to dump the most unpleasant routine work on the new active employee, nothing can be found in the archive thanks to the local head archivist, a colleague tries to marry him off to one of his daughters, and even the cleaning lady behaves provocatively. And the hope that state service would save Mikhail from his family’s killers has not come true; the hero realizes that he will have to face the mercenaries sent by his blood enemies, and the help of Zakhrebetnik will be very much needed here. Listen to the continuation of this gripping story!