Year 1127. The Turovo-Pinsk principality. Two years have passed since Mikhail fought the Poles, and since Timko the Grasshopper appeared in Rаtnoye. The young centurion has grown and matured—so have the problems, both personal and general. What about the harvest? How to feed the people? How to get rid of the threat of an unavoidable, fast-approaching famine that will soon seize every throat! Another misfortune: in the surroundings of Rаtnoye, corpses started being found. Where will the trail lead? Will they have to sail to far-off Tsargrad for help? And they will have to, if necessary—because Misha Lisovin (our contemporary Mikhail Ratnikov) isn’t just a young man; he is a centurion, a boyar, a person responsible for everyone.
Who to trust, how to live if you’re the power—when everyone is hoping on you? He will have to resolve all issues, and every decision will lead to other, even more serious and darker problems…