Eighth Record-Keeping

Lykov has been promoted, now he is a state councilor. And for a short time, he became a bureaucrat: temporarily leading the Eighth Record-Keeping of the Police Department. The "Eighth" is a nationwide investigation agency, coordinating the actions of all investigative divisions of the empire. But Lykov does not make a good bureaucrat: office work is not for him. Fortunately, Stolypin found a better application for Alexey Nikolaevich. The Prime Minister is concerned about the increasing number of expropriations in St. Petersburg and Moscow. People are dying, robbers are stealing large sums of money. The police cannot find the criminals. And Lykov is tasked with eliminating the bands of expropriators in the two capitals. A temporary team of investigators has been created under his command, with special powers. The state councilor is going on the hunt…