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1789-1790. The protagonist of the story Gnat Doroshenko after successful storming of the fortress of Hadjibey is preparing for a new battle under the strong walls of Akerman. Every day is filled with hardships and friendship with the young Venetian girl Ornela, whom the boy had saved from death in Turkish captivity. The captain is not interested in fortresses, he wants to steal a young Italian woman to get a big ransom for her. The young kozak has appeared on a horse, but will he be able to ride with the girl to the gates?

  Ackerman's fortress was built. But Gnatovi didn't manage to do it. Ornela organises the boy and his elder comrade, the veteran chumak Taras Dvі Spini, to accompany her to Venice. This is how our heroes begin their Italian adventure. Gnatko develops his talent as an artist, and Taras becomes a favourite of the local population.

  A fierce fire in 1790 of the naftovyh skhovyshchy hunting the whole island-ghetto of Jewish settlers. Gnat, together with other honest citizens, rushed to help the victims. But the robbers, with whom the path of young Doroshenko was crossed, had very different plans. The reader will quickly find out who was the victor in the fiery fight, as well as about other victories, because the events in the story fly by, as the Crylatius Lion – the symbol of Venice.