This book with good reason can be called the prototype of modern quests! 40 years later, Boris Akunin only revived the idea of ​ ​ Vladimir Akentiev and Yuri Lobachev. The book takes place on an island in the Indian Ocean, where, since pre-revolutionary times, a Russian scientist who fled from tsarism conducts microbiological research, and the imperialists want to use them for military purposes...