The world is ruled by the magic of aristocrats, the sounds of rock and roll are blasting even in the palace of Her Imperial Majesty, and Russian Volgas are successfully going up against American Pontiacs on the wide avenues at night. Another frantic unauthorized race under the stars ends in tragedy. Doctors and healers, who have already announced the death of the sixteen-year-old Prince Alexander Gorchakov Jr., attribute his miraculous salvation to his suddenly awakened gift. But even ancestral magic cannot explain why his habits and tastes have completely changed overnight, nor where do strange dreams about places he has never visited come from. Alexander woke up a new man. Will he find his place in the old world?