About the book: year / Spring 1889. After the death of his teacher Pavel Afanasyevich Blagovo, Alexey Lykov goes on a business trip. The corpses of three escaped Russian convicts were found in Japan, who, according to documents, are still listed as prisoners in Sakhalin prisons. There are suspicions that their escape was organized by the Japanese mafia - the Yakuza. To find answers to all questions, Lykov goes to Sakhalin on a secret mission. Contents: 1. Dead Island 2. Murder of the master of ceremonies 3. Turkestan 4. A blow to the heart (collection) 5. Night riders (collection) 6. Inquest in Riga 7. Year of Kasyanov 8. Rays of death