About the book: 2006 / The first novel in the series "Arkharovtsy". The initial decade of Catherine the Great's reign ended with the Moscow riots. Palace luxury and the flourishing of science did not at all soften the morals of the common people. Not only rebels, but also gangs of thieves felt at ease in the old capital - until the empress entrusted the restoration of order to the young officer Nikolai Arkharov.