The Light of the World

From a school classroom to underground passages, from Moscow to Istanbul and on to China: former teacher and now night thief Yan finds himself in an adventure where the stake is the future of humanity.

An ancient secret hidden in the pages of an old book attracts too-powerful hunters—so now Yan isn’t just hunting for artifacts; he’s fighting for survival.

By day, he lectures on history, and by night—he steals it. Yan lives on two fronts: in a Moscow lyceum he’s a charismatic teacher, and after sunset he’s a master thief in dark back alleys. Everything turns when a job to steal a rare book from Leninka pulls him into a game built around an ancient mystery that could change the course of human fate. Powerful opponents come after him, and the path to answers runs through Chinese markets, Istanbul’s underground hideouts, and endless desert expanses. One mistake—and the story will lose yet another hero. But Yan has no intention of becoming its next victim.