Graham was tormented by insomnia for several days; he tried everything, but to no avail. And when he finally managed to fall asleep, it turned out he had slept for two hundred years. In that span his world changed completely, and a great deal happened—even the invasion of the Martians—but the main thing was that during the time he was asleep, his capital had, thanks to the wise policy of his guardians, grown to unbelievable size. Graham had become, practically, the ruler of the world.
But his awakening got in the way of the White Council—the body that governed his fortune, and thus the world…