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The events of Vasyl Dobriansky's historical and adventure novel take place in November 1918, after the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne. The Entente countries force Germany to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, and the government of Hetman Skoropadsky is left to deal with Bolshevik gangs and monarchist movements. It was at this time that someone threw the corpse of a barefoot staff captain into a chapel on Kyiv's Instytutska Street, next to where the Hetman's headquarters was located, at night. On his toe is a tag with the inscription: "Property of Hetman Skoropadskyi.".... The strange "gift" is of great concern to the Hetman's entourage and his intelligence services, because it is not known what is behind this daring action...

Political games, confrontation between the intelligence services of Western countries, the criminal world of Kyiv of that time, brutal crimes for the sake of ambition, secret rebellions, betrayal in the Hetman's entourage... Probably only the former captain of the Kyiv police, an experienced investigator Klym Zhehrai is able to understand this most intricate web.