A world where nobles are proud of magical Talent, princes are served by detachments of guardsmen, and serf orcs obediently practice corvee. A world where carriages are dragged by mahomechanical horses, cannons are made by sorcerers, and Freemasons are engaged in genetics. The world, where the 18th century is coming to an end, instead of the Bering Strait - the Bering Isthmus, and Mother Empress Elizaveta Petrovna sits on the Russian throne.