Alternative history: a professor comes to his senses in the body of Peter III and tries to rewrite his own fate—along with the course of events in the era of wars, conspiracies, and court intrigue.
Europe is torn apart by the War of the Austrian Succession: the great powers clash in both large and small battles, and the fate of a young duke becomes a trophy that too many are willing to fight for. Can a young professor and engineer escape the bloody maelstrom called big politics? An honored professor of the Yekaterinburg Mining University, Doctor of Sciences, corresponding member, and honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg suddenly “comes back to life” in the young Karl Peter Ulrich—Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, the future Russian Emperor Peter III. Ahead looms the familiar ending: the guards, a sash, and an order from his own wife—Catherine the Great. Prospects, to put it mildly, are grim. And the farther he goes, the harder it is to step off the wheel of History already in motion…