The Chancellor

1757. In Europe, the Seven Years’ War is raging—later Winston Churchill would call it the “First World War” because most European and American states took part in it. Captain-Lieutenant Aleksandr Belov continues his military career and receives an assignment to a cuirassier regiment as rotmaster. Aleksey Korsak, recovering from a severe wound he received in a naval battle near Memel, passionately discusses the situation with his old friend, Prince Nikita Olenyev. However, none of them—these bold cadets—imagines that Fate, personified by the all-powerful chancellor of the empire, Bestuzhev, has already prepared a new, deadly dangerous test for them. And to overcome all obstacles, they will have to remember their favorite motto again: “Fate and the Motherland are one!”