Ostroumov. Book One

The Russian Empire, year 2891.
Twenty years after the end of the Russo-Martian War, unrest stirs once more on the planets of the Russian Empire.
Merchant of the 1st guild Vladimir Ostroumov travels to Mars upon learning of a fire at his factory. Upon arrival, he discovers torn wires and begins to suspect that the fire was intentional. However, at the fire department, Ostroumov is met with hostility and they insist on his own guilt. Later, Martian robot automatons attack the factory and the merchant himself… New challenges and dangers threaten Ostroumov with ruin and endanger the lives of his wife and daughters.

Remote planets, feats, intrigues, and first love in the grand science fiction epic by Dmitry Alexandrov.