Powerful Britain did not accept defeat—its war against the Boer republics flares up again with renewed force.
Diplomat and intelligence officer, saboteur, underground fighter and terrorist, Mikhail Orlov, by the will of fate dumped in South Africa at the height of the Anglo-Boer conflict, is forced to wear many masks at once. And on top of everything, as always, love arrives unexpectedly—and he will have to choose between the woman he loves and the cause that has become the meaning of his life. But he will manage it—surely he will—because there is simply no other way for the former midshipman of the Red Banner Pacific Fleet.