The novel takes place in a parallel reality, practically indistinguishable from ours. Probably, that reality would have developed in this way, but, as is usually the case, the human factor intervened, and luck was on the side of changing the vector of development of that reality. It so happened that fate brought together four young guys, and a happy chance, which, as a rule, comes to energetic, often ambitious and having a common dream, gave them a chance to realize all their talents and inclinations. And this, in turn, contributed to the beginning of the rapid development of first Russia, and then the rest of the world.