About the book: 2013 / Year 2014...A wave of violence swept the Holy Roman Empire. One after another, cardinals are dying, among whom are candidates for Pontiff. They shoot at the Pope himself. And - successfully... Behind all these crimes is Giuseppe Bardini, a professional terrorist and mercenary. He seems invulnerable and therefore becomes more impudent every day. But even invulnerable terrorists make mistakes. For Bardini, the fatal mistake was the kidnapping of the son of the Russian Grand Duchess Ksenia Romanova. The legendary Russian intelligence officer Prince Alexander Vorontsov immediately joined the game. After all, the kidnapped boy is not a stranger to him…