Andrey Kizhevatov, a former GRU special forces soldier, after stepping into a strange phone booth, is transported from a rainy evening to a scorching midday… in the troubled times. It’s the very beginning of the 17th century. Along the roads ride Tatar-Crimeans ready to hack down any Russian who can’t stand up for himself. Andrey understands that he urgently needs to reach Moscow, where, according to rumors, Boris Godunov has died—and where events are about to begin, the outcome of which will determine the fate of the entire Russian state…