A young man with the soul of an old man from another world, titular adviser Ignat Dormidontovich Silaev may have dreamed of a quiet life for a provincial vigilante, but neither his character nor his line of work allows for that. And the reputation of a hunter of werewolves, maniacs, and dragons from noble families is too enticing for unwanted attention. So Ignat can’t avoid a close acquaintance with the powerful—and that could become a problem. All because he has a talent for getting into trouble, and because his stubbornness is too much for the nominally free-thinking native of rebellious Veliky Novgorod.