A slightly fantastic, slightly utopian, adventurous novel by the classic of Russian literature Alexander Veltman.. The novel describes the ideal state of Bosphorus, located on the Balkan Peninsula. It is governed by the righteous and enlightened ruler John, who cares for the good of the people. John and his daughter Claviana are confronted by the violent highwayman Aeolus, who overthrows John and becomes ruler of Bosphorania. But his tyranny is driving the state into decline. And only the death of a tyrant saves the country from final death. The return of John again leads Bosphorania to prosperity.