The war on the Eastern Front is over, and a young cavalryman escapes from the brink of death and madness. The neon lights of the world capital beckon him from afar, while whispers of conspiracies ten and twenty layers deep surround him, making all gentleness and beauty seem like a false dream. Before him lie irresistible temptations and... insurmountable transparent barriers. If the story that unfolds here is similar to the stories you know... If the people who appear here resemble the people you know, this is both a coincidence and a necessity of history.