Autumn of 1812… The battered but still dangerous ranks of the Great Army retreat from Russia, fighting all the way. And on the lips of every Napoleonic soldier is the name of a terrifying partisan leader—the Prince Sergey Petrovich Trubetskoy. Legends tell of him, one more incredible than the last. Trubetskoy seems to reject the canons of “civilized” war completely; he doesn’t burn in fire and is bewitched against bullets. He has a prophetic gift—and, finally, he is the Emperor’s PERSONAL ENEMY! But even the most skillful spies can’t find out what kind of man Prince Trubetskoy really is…