A hard mystical thriller where an ancient city, the secrets of the Crusades, monsters from the Middle Ages—and the horrors of our time—intersect. Open the book. And you won’t manage to sleep all night. The signature black humor of the famous author. No censorship—merciless jokes about the biggest politicians and pop stars… Cynical mockery of show business and PR technologies…
The Russian Empire of the 21st century, where no revolution happened… Advertising posters: “Tsar-batyushka is burning! (whips)!”… Counts, princes, and merchants— in “Mercedes” with their personal coats of arms… Marijuana is legalized, the Bolsheviks became the mafia… Striptease taverns, hamburgers “McBoyarin,” lemonade “Tsar-Cola”… A month before the coronation, a horror comes to the streets of Moscow… A new Jack the Ripper begins hunting celebrities… The death of ballerina Kshesinskaya, TV host Kolchak, singer Susanna Whisky… How are these victims connected to the destroyed temple of a vanished people?
Additional information: contains profanity.