Titular Advisor Erast Fandorin took part in military operations during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Being a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady, Varvara Andreevna Suvorova, who is heading to the location of the Russian troops to see her fiance. With her help, Fandorin manages to unravel a complex and mysterious espionage case…
Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Varvara Andreevna Suvorova
General Sobolev
captain Perepyolkin
Lukan - rumanian colonel
Ismail-bey
Lavrentiy Arkadyevich Mizinov - general
McLaughlin - english correspondent