Tsar Peter Alekseevich ordered the creation of a “renteria”—a storehouse for imperial treasures. And he put a Dutch jeweler, Gustav Firlefanz, at its head, whom he greatly respected. But the prophecy about Gustav—that neither him nor his descendants would benefit from this—came true. And it happened exactly that way: Gustav paid a dear price…
And in the troubled year of 1917, between February and October, Michel Firfanz, an officer of the former Department of Police, thrashes about, hoping to find the lost treasures of the Tsar. But little comes of it—either they almost kill him, or put him in prison, or line him up against a wall…
And in our days the same story repeats. Michel-Gerhard-von-Stohl, also known as Mishka Shutsov, ends up in serious trouble. He was looking for a necklace from the “renteria,” carrying out a state assignment, and then—in an unexpected turn of events—people “ran him down.” So badly that it seems like it’s over. However, there is a way out—one must win! As before, this is a serious matter, a case that lasts three hundred years…