Petrograd, January 1915 . The adventures of the staff of the Institute of Experimental History continue. On the scene comes an employee of the Department of Soft Influences - Michel Dunouard, in this world, Rotmister Mikhail Charnovsky, suspiciously similar in appearance to the Russian Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich .. Experienced counterintelligence Lunev considers him the soul of a conspiracy against the Emperor … Beloved Charnovsky, the mysterious lady Lais Esther, is sure that he is clothed with a mysterious higher mission. And what do you think about him Grigory Rasputin, agents of Japanese intelligence, Lunev’s great-grandfather and cold-blooded killer from the city-temple of Karnave, lost in the mountains of Abyssinia, it is better not to say aloud. But can this prevent Michel Dunouard from completing the task?