Author: Natalia Alexandrova, "Darkness over Petrograd": Paris. . . The city where thousands of Russian emigrants finally found shelter. But in France, no one cares about their fate. Here, counts and princes are forced to serve as drivers and waiters, while their sisters and daughters sing in night pubs or seek rich patrons. Boris Ordyntsev was among those who fled the horrors of "red Russia." His life has lost its meaning, and his money has run out, and then Colonel Goretsky makes a new tempting offer. Boris will have to take a risk — secretly infiltrate his former Homeland and take out the young relative of the Grand Duke Sashenka. Of course, if he is lucky, he will be well paid. But since Ordyntsev's arrival in Petrograd, events have taken a completely unexpected turn . . .