Ivan Demarin, a young officer of Peter the Great's new guard, is sent by the tsar to the depths of Siberia — the border town of Tobolsk. Here, Ivan, along with his regiment, finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy of local princes hunting for the gold of Yarkand. Meanwhile, the fortress is surrounded by hordes of wild jungars, and there is nowhere to look for help.

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