Alexander Bushkov’s book from the “Antiques” cycle. Odd things sometimes happen in the lives of antiques dealers. For example, police officers visit your antiques shop in Your and accuse you of dealing in cold weapons—then it turns out that those are just the “flowers,” with “berries” ahead. But when an antiques dealer is threatened with a switchblade knife, the would-be attackers are three in number, and an unprotected girl is the one in danger—this is exactly when Smolin has every reason to get angry and pull out a nagan.
A failed attempt to rob Vasily Yakovlevich is only the beginning of troubles. A dash through the taiga helped reveal a long-standing secret. Spending the night in an abandoned village led to meeting unpleasant people armed with firearms. Resting in the faraway city of Kuruman brought a whole bouquet of surprises—one of which is the truth about the late Easter of the emperor.