Bomb explosions aboard a Boeing and airship link two souls and two universes. A retired scout chained to a stroller falls into the body of a young sorcerer, the heir to an impoverished noble family. And since there are no two deaths, he becomes the only survivor whose body takes him to the embankment of New Petersburg. A huge port city in the world, where the Japanese have just been defeated, no one has ever heard of communism, and the Russian Empire is colonizing North America, driving the remnants of the statesmen far into the Wild West. Despite this, the city vegetates in corruption, banditry and feuds of noble families, whose methods are sometimes indistinguishable from the mafia. Moreover, news about a new drug is leaking, temporarily endowing with a witchcraft gift. They make it from the blood of sorcerers who have already begun to disappear, but who exactly is to blame is unknown. Five families blame each other, threatening to drown the streets in clan showdowns. It is not easy to survive here, but in a young body - the soul and mind of the master of intrigue, espionage and martial arts.