The 20th century marches across the boundless expanses of the Russian Empire with heavy steps. Evil winds of the coming revolutionary troubles and changes blow toward people’s fates. They reached a small town of Nikolsk as well, tucked near the Great Siberian Steel Path. It is here that the life of a young man from a lost backwoods village, Pokrovka, was radically changed. It was here that his beloved was found by a former volunteer soldier, commander of the hunters, and a veteran of the Japanese war. These people believed in their star, in their love—and the Protector of all who love did not leave them!