Life in Kholmgrad on the Rus’ is smooth and unhurried… but not for Vitaliy Starytsky. Something is always happening around him. What problems could there be for a backwater official whose only duty is combat training for the guards of the Special Chancellery? Not quite… The moment Vitaliy Rodionovich relaxed and let himself dream about a sea cruise on his honeymoon, adventures poured on him like from a horn of plenty… He must have jinxed himself, probably.