The Case of the Victorious Monkey

Alternative history. Our days. From the Baltic to the Yellow Sea stretches the magnificent Ordus with three capitals: Khanbalik in the east, Karakoram in the center, and Alexandria Nevskaya in the northwest. And the city known for its temples, bazaars,... and production of ergotou, Mosyke, is not a capital but rather a tourist destination. It is there that the glorious lanchzhun Bagatur Lobo decides to go on vacation with his fiancée Stasya, who is in a year-long mourning, to restore the warmth of their relationship. However, fate does not allow them to rest — the returning minister from the Solovetsky Islands (“The Case of the Fox-Werewolves”) Bogdan Ouyantsev-Syu also arrives in Mosyke with a mysterious mission. And the glorious bodyguards have to deal with the relationships of religious fanatics from two sects, involving students from the law department of the Alexandria Grand School, one of whom is a charming native of Khanbalik…
At first, the unhurried action quickly gains momentum, causes and effects change places like glass pieces in a kaleidoscope, the cunning prey sets traps for the valiant hunters-bodyguards, and the resolution will be as unexpected as it is tragic.